Thorben Langer, M.A.

Thorben Langer studied from 2015 to 2019 at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in the dual subject Bachelor's programme with a focus on Archaeology of the Greek, Roman and Byzantine World, as well as History. He then continued his studies at the same university with a Master's degree in Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History and Digital Humanities, with a six-month stay at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg as part of the PONS exchange programme. He completed his M.A. in January 2022 with a thesis entitled "Leben in der Blütezeit. Spektrum spätantiker Wohnformen in Lykien". Since March 2022, Thorben Langer has been a PhD student at the Institute for Digital Humanities in Göttingen, working on "The Significance of Virtuality in the Reconstruction of Archaeological Sites: The Hippodrome of Constantinople as a Case Study". He works as a research assistant at the institute, where he teaches and provides student counselling.

His research interests include the use of virtual spaces by the humanities (including their design, impact and historical actions), which he exemplifies in his doctoral research on the Hippodrome of Constantinople in Late Antiquity and the Byzantine era. He is also involved in various methods of 3D digitisation and their application, benefits and further development.