The Crisler Library at
Ephesos

Gilbert Wiplinger

 

 

 

 

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

DI GILBERT WIPLINGER

PERSONAL DATA:
Date of Birth:    1953-07-01
Place of Birth:    Haslach, Austria
Nationality:    Austrian

EDUCATION:
1972-1988    Studies in Architecture, Technical University of Vienna. Optional Subject: Preservation of Monuments and Historic Buildings
1988    Diplomingenieur in Architecture, Technical University of Vienna. Topic of Diploma Thesis: Sicherung der Ruinen des Hanghauses an der Kuretenstraße in Ephesos. ( Safeguarding the ruins of the Terrace House on the Curetes Street in Ephesus)

CAREER HISTORY
since 1975    Permanent member of the excavations at Ephesus, Turkey
since 1981    Member of the Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna
since 1990    Member of the excavation team at Tell el-Dabca, Egypt
since 1998     Member of the Frontinus-Society
since 2004     Member of DWhG (=German Society of the History of Water)
since 2006     vice-chairman of the scientific board and member of the executive committee of the Frontinus-Society

CAREER RELATED ACTIVITIES
1978-1988    Head of the Terrace House-Conservation Project at Ephesus
1982-1988    Study of the Latmos Mountain in Turkey, focussing on Byzantine monasteries
1988    Planning and starting the extension of the Austrian Excavation House at Selcuk
1989    Preparation of a restoration project for the Church of St Stephen of the Bulgars on the Golden Horn in Istanbul
1989+1990    Recording the condition of the Armenian and Georgian Churches in the area of Erzurum, Artvin, Kars in NE-Turkey
1990-2005  Tell el-Dabca: preparing the publication of the A IV-area, planning, developing and executing the extension of the Austrian Excavation House
1991    Project proposal for presenting the thermae at Aguntum/Eastern Tyrol
1993    Project proposal for the restoration of the Qa'a Muhibb ed-Din al-Mu'aqqa and the Maq'ad Mamai el-Saifi in Cairo/Egypt
1996-2000     Study of the architecture of the building units 1 and 2 in Terrace House 2 at Ephesus
1997    Planning and developing a tent roof construction for the interior of the Celsus Library at Ephesus
1998/99    supervision of the foundation for the roofing of the Terrace House 2 at Ephesus (plan/concept: Häuselmayer/Ziesel)
since 2001    Investigation of the aqueducts at Ephesus

ORGANIZED CONFERENCES
2004    “Cura Aquarum in Ephesus”, 12th International Conference on the History of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering in the Mediterranean Region at Selçuk/Ephesus, Turkey. October 2-10.

ORGANIZED EXHIBITIONS
1992    “25 Years of Research. Austrian Excavations in Tell el-Dabca, Ancient Auaris” at the Egyptian Museum Cairo.
1994    Coorganisation of “Pharaonen und Fremde” (Pharaohs and Strangers) in Vienna’s Town Hall.
1995    “100 Years of Austrian Research at Ephesus”, touring exhibition through various towns in Turkey.
    „100 Jahre österreichische Forschungen in Ephesos“ at the „Kunsthistorisches Museum“ in Vienna.

LECTURES (last five years)
2001    Jerusalem, Israel:” Die Wasserver- und –entsorgung in Wohneinheit 1 und 2 des Hanghauses 2 in Ephesos”, 11th Conference „Cura Aquarum in Israel“, 9 May 2003
2004    Vienna: “Stand der Erforschung der Wasserversorgung in Ephesos, Türkei”. Annual Meeting of the Frontinus Society, 18 April 2004 Ephesus, Turkey: “Wasser für Ephesos, Stand der Erforschung der Wasserversorgung in Ephesos, Türkei”, 12th Conference „ Cura Aquarum in Ephesus“, 3 October 2004 Ephesus, Turkey: “Der Şirince Aquädukt von Ephesos”, Conference „Cura Aquarum in Ephesus“, 4 October 2004
2005    Blanckenheim, Germany: “Der neuentdeckte lysimachische Aquädukt von Ephesos” Conference of the Frontinus Society, 9 October 2005

PUBLICATIONS
2002    Die Bauphasen der Wohneinheiten 1 und 2, in: Krinzinger, F. (ed.), Das Hanghaus 2 von Ephesos. Studien zur Baugeschichte und Chronologie, DenkschrWien 302, 67-92.
2002    Wasserver- und -entsorgung in Wohneinheit 1 und 2 des Hanghauses 2 in Ephesos, in Ohlig, C. – Peleg, J. – Tsuk, T. (ed.), Cura Aquarum in Israel, Schriften der DWhG 1, 155-166.
2004    Die Kanäle von Ephesos, in: Krejci H. – MA 30 (Hrsg.), Expedition in die Kulturgeschichte des Abwassers, Wien, 73-86.
2006    Ein Forschungszentrum im Nildelta – Baugeschichte des österreichischen Grabungshauses in Tell el-Dabca, in Czerny, E. – Hein, I. – Hunger, H. – Melman, D. – Schwab, A. (eds), Timelines, Studies in Honour of Manfred Bietak, Oarientalia Lovanensia Analecta 149, Leuven, 361-370.
2006    Versteckter Luxus, AW 1/2006, 4
2006    Stand der Erforschung der Wasserversorgung in Ephesos/Türkei, in: Schriftenreihe der Frontinus-Gesellschaft, 27, 15-48.
2006    Der lysimachische Aquädukt von Ephesos und weitere Neuentdeckungen von 2005, in: Schriftenreihe der Frontinus-Gesellschaft, 27, 121-126.
2006    Wasser für Ephesos, Stand der Erforschung der Wasserversorgung in Ephesos, Türkei, in: G. Wiplinger (ed.), Cura Aquarum in Ephesus, Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the History of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering in the Mediterranean Region, BABesch suppl. 12, SoSchrÖAI 42, 23-37
2006    Wasserlabyrinth unter Ephesos, AW 6/2206, 69-77

in press:
Wasserver- und -entsorgung, in: Wohneinheit 1 und 2 des Hanghauses 2 in Ephesos, FiE VIII/ .