Prof. Dr. Heikki Lauri Abel Solin

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Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsGreek and Latin Philology,Ancient History
KeywordsLateinische Epigraphik, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, antikes Namenwesen, lateinische Onomastikon

Current contact address

CountryFinland
CityHelsinki
InstitutionUniversity of Helsinki
InstituteInstitute of Classics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Geza AlföldySeminar für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Manfred G. SchmidtCorpus inscriptionum Latinarum, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Ernst VogtInstitut für Klassische Philologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Bernd SeidenstickerSeminar für Klassische Philologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Jürgen HammerstaedtAbteilung Klassische Philologie, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Prof. Dr. Widu-Wolfgang EhlersInstitut für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Dr. Michael HillenThesaurus Linguae Latinae, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, München
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/1981

Programme(s)

1981Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2008Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Heikki Solin, University of Helsinki, Finland, is internationally recognised as one of the foremost scholars in the field of Latin epigraphy and as the leading authority in Graeco-Roman onomastics. His unrivalled acquaintance with all the pertinent Graeco-Roman sources has enabled Professor Solin not only to read correctly numerous inscriptions that before him had been barely understood, but also to combine the ever increasing masses of onomastic information in comprehensive studies which deal with many different aspects of the field. In Germany Professor Solin plans to write an "Introduction into Graeco-Roman Onomastics". Professor Solin is hosted by Professor Lebek and Professor Hammerstaedt, both at the University of Cologne.

Publications (partial selection)

2001Heikki Lauri Abel Solin: Zur Geschichte der Namensippe phi- -lambda-omikron-sigma in der antiken Anthroponymie. In: Michael Peachin, Aspects of friendship in the Graeco-Roman World. JRA, 2001. 51-62