Scientific infrastructure

• Libraries

Members of Faculty 04 have access to widely available and high-quality literature for their research and teaching at the libraries of the JLU. The library stock is spread across the university library and the branch library at Philosophikum II, as well as in the specialist libraries of History and Culture Sciences (Historical Institute; Classical Philology; Classical Archaeology; Media Library of Protestant and Catholic Theology). 

• Digital collections

Through the Prometheus Image Archive, it is possible to access an extensive digital image archive for research and teaching purposes at any time. Annette Mag and Dr Stefan Brenne are the contact persons at the faculty responsible for the database maintenance. Beyond that, various digitally supported teaching projects have been developed in Classical Studies in recent years that allow new ways of access to specific areas of knowledge. (The Greek Symposion; VivaVox). For researchers and teachers in the field of East-Central European research, the digital content of the Herder Institute in Marburg is of great interest. In the future, the soon-to-be-established chair for Digital and Visual History will, among other things, process and harness the content.

• Antiques Collection

The Antiques Collection at the JLU is largely the responsibility of the chair of Classical Archaeology. With more than 4,000 objects, the collection of coins is one of the main focus points of the Giessen Antiques Collection, as well as a great number of antique vases, Greek and Roman terracottas, Roman glass vessel, and Etruscan body part votives.