Kai Brodersen
CV of Failures
(for a regular CV go to CV short or CV long)
Unsuccessful Applications (did not get beyond the shortlist)
- Erlangen (C 3; 1996)
- Greifswald (C 3; 1996)
- St. Andrews/Scotland (chair; 1997)
- Christchurch/NZ (chair; 1998)
- Bamberg (C 4; 2001)
Chair Offered, but not Accepted (because of incompatible pension arrangements)
- Newcastle upon Tyne (chair; 1999)
Unconfirmed Election to become Rector (council elected, senate did not confirm)
- Tübingen (2005)
Returned Fellowships
- Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington DC (Trustees for Harvard University), Junior Fellow for 1996/97 – returned for the Mannheim Chair
- Heisenberg-Stipendium, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, from 1996 – returned for the Mannheim Chair
- Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald, Senior Fellow 2008/09 – returned for the Erfurt presidency (but see regular CV for 2019/20)
- British School at Athens, Fellowship 2009 – returned for the Erfurt presidency
- Polonsky Fellowship, University of Oxford 2018 – returned because of ill health (see below)
Rejected Funding Applications
- Akademie-Antrag „Raumbilder – Bildräume“ (co-applicant, shortlisted, but ultimately rejected 2014)
- Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Conference Philostratoi (co-applicant, 2018)
- British Academy Global Professorship (2018)
- Thüringer Forschungspreis (shortlisted, but ultimately not awarded 2019)
- et al.
Rejected Book Projects
- Melania – The Lives of Two Female Saints (considered by two different publishers as too „boring“)
- Herodotus VIII and IX, Greek and German (to complement the seven volumes already published; now published as a mere translation)
- et al.
Commissioned and Finished Contributions to Volumes later Abandoned by the Editors
- see list (from # 267)
Unheld Lectures (cancelled because of the pandemic in 2020)
- see list of 19 guest lectures cancelled because of the pandemic in 2020
Bankruptcy of Academic Publisher
- Bankruptcy of Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (Darmstadt), where I have written, edited or contributed to more than 40 books over the years (2023)
Dissertations Co-supervised, but Unfinished over a Decade Later
- Die Antike im Kinderbuch (Mannheim, 2005)
- Giftmord in der römischen Antike (Mannheim, 2005)
Failing Health
- Morbus Berger (aka IgA Nephropathy), a degenerative kidney disease ultimately leading to the necessity of dialysis (diagnosed Erfurt, 2012)
- Surgery on the colon (twice) converting me into a semicolon (Erfurt, 2018/9)
- Loss of left kidney with a tumour, as a consequence 80% disabled – a very German way to assess disabilities (Erfurt, 2024)
Unwritten Book
- www.worldcat.org/title/mastering-the-world-ancient-geography/oclc/185225419 (see, however, www.worldcat.org/title/geography-in-classical-antiquity/oclc/912493601 )
Unfinished Books (as yet)
- see the page with the optimistic title projects.