Academic Background:

1990–1998: Studied Classical Archaeology, Ancient History, and Classical Philology (Latin) in Heidelberg and Tübingen.

1998/2004: Master’s degree/Ph .D. at the University of Heidelberg.

1998–2021: Research assistant on the Heidelberg Epigraphic Database (EDH) project.

since , Research Associate on the project “Buddhist Stone Inscriptions in Northern China.”
 

Research focus:

• The Late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
• Forms of Representation in Roman Society
• Statues: Context of Installation and Significance
• Roman Forums
• Latin Epigraphy
• Reconstruction of Archaeological and Epigraphic Monuments
• Roman Upper Germania
   

B. Ruck, “The Fasts of Taormina,” ZPE 111, 1996, 271–280.

B. Ruck, “Harmony and Victory: Two Brothers in Power. The Arcadius Base at the Caesar Forum,” in: G. Alföldy and S. Panciera (eds.), Inscribed Monuments as Media of Self-Representation in the Roman World, HABES 36 (Stuttgart 2001), 209–229.

B. Ruck, “The Monument to Cornelia in Rome,” RM 111, 2004, 477–494.

B. Ruck, “Overwhelming Grandeur: Colossal Statues of Senators in the Cities of the Roman Empire?”, in: W. Eck and M. Heil (eds.), *Senatores populi Romani. Reality and Media Presentation of a Ruling Class. Colloquium of the Prosopographia Imperii Romani, June 11–13, 2004 (Stuttgart 2005) 111–136.   

B. Ruck, The Great Ones of This World: Colossal Portraits in Ancient Rome (Heidelberg 2007).

B. Ruck, “Colossi and Their Great Models from Antiquity,” in: P. Castillo et al. (eds.), Congreso Internacional: Imagines—la antigüedad en las artes escénicas y visuales, Logroño 2007 (Logroño 2008), 351–372.

B. Gräf – F. Feraudi-Gruénais, “The Inscription on the Recently Discovered Jupiter Gigant Column from Heidelberg,” in: J. Biel (ed.), *Landesarchäologie: Festschrift for Dieter Planck on His 65th Birthday* (Stuttgart 2009), 418–422.

B. Gräf, “Two Inscriptions of Septimius Severus from Ladenburg: New Monuments from Long-Known Fragments,” ZPE 195, 2015, 283–294.

B. Gräf, “Archaeology in the Third Dimension: The Scientific Approach to ‘Beautiful Appearances,’” in A. Hensen (ed.), The Great Forum of LOPODUNUM, LARES 1 (Edingen-Neckarhausen 2016), 153–163.

B. Gräf, “D(evota) n(umini) e(orum) in a Tomb Inscription?” On AE 1988, 1001, GIF 69, 2017, 222–223.

J. Süß – B. Gräf, Lopodunum VI: A 3D Reconstruction of the Roman Forum at Ladenburg (Wiesbaden 2017).

Public Relations

Clear and accessible presentation of academic content:

• Creating visual aids, posters, and texts for events open to the general public, such as Open Monument Day, Science Fair, Night of Science, Academy Day, or Student Day.
• Images and text for flyers and brochures
• Contributions to museum exhibitions: texts, drawings, 3D models / short films with animation, accompanying publications: e.g., research collaboration on a short film featuring an animated 3D reconstruction of the Roman Forum in Ladenburg (Lopodunum) (since displaysince in the permanent exhibition at the Lobdengau Museum).
• Targeted guided tours of museums and ancient sites for students and adults
• Workshops for High School Students
   

Design and creative skills and programming knowledge

• Image Editing (Adobe Photoshop)
• Vector Graphics Creation (Adobe Illustrator)
• Creation of virtual 3D models (Blender): e.g., a 3D model with animation of the interior of the Mitrhräum in Martigny (short film available on the Fondation Pro Octoduro website and in the permanent exhibition at the Swiss National Museum, Landesmuseum Zürich); the Medinaceli Arch.
• Creating explainer videos (Explaindio Video Creator; basic knowledge of Pinnacle Studio; Audacity)
• Website Design (Basic Knowledge of WordPress)