Peter Funke

Peter Funke (born 18 March 1950 in Rheine) is a German ancient historian.

Peter Funke studied history and German studies at the University of Münster from 1969 to 1974. From 1975 to 1978, he held a research assistant position at the ancient history department of the institute for ancient world studies at the University of Cologne. In 1978 he received a doctorate from the University of Cologne, after which he continued to work as a research assistant at Cologne until 1985. Between 1979 and 1981, Funke simultaneously taught the subject of ancient history at the University of Siegen. In 1985 he achieved the habilitation at Cologne for a work entitled, Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Struktur des Aitolischen Bundes (Research on the History and Structure of the Aetolian League). Thereafter, Funke taught as C3-Professor of Ancient History at the University of Siegen until 1988. Since then he has served as Professor of Ancient History and the University of Münster. In addition, Funke is leader of the research project Historische Landeskunde des antiken Griechenland (Historical Study of Ancient Greek Regionalism) and since 1991 has been Pro-rector for Teaching and Student Affairs at the university of Münster. In 1999, Peter Funke refused a professorial position at Munich University.

Funke's research focusses are the history of the Greek state system from Mycenaean to Roman times, Greek historiography, ancient constitutional history, ancient regionalism and historical geography, as well as the relationship between religion and rulership in antiquity. Within the German Universities Excellence Initiative, he is employed in the Münster funded excellence group, Religion und Politik with the role of cults and sanctuaries in ancient treaties.

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