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Stefani Engelstein

Professor of German Studies
German Studies
German Studies Department, 116C Old Chem, Durham, NC 27708
German Studies Department, Campus Box 90256, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours On leave 2021-2022.  

Awards & Honors


Fellowship

Other National Endowment for the Humanities · 2023

U.S. Scholars

International US Dept of State: Fullbright · 2023

Guggenheim Fellowship

National John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation · 2023 More about this award

Visiting Fellow, Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft [Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research]

International Leibniz-Zentrum · June 2019

Monograph (Sibling Action: The Genealogical Structure of Modernity) shortlisted for Kenshur Prize: Awarded to an outstanding new monograph of interest to 18th-century scholars in a range of disciplines

International Center for 18th-Century Studies, Indiana University · 2018

Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for History of Science

International Max Planck Institut für Wissenschaftgeschichte · 2017

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers (Jun 2013-Nov 2014)

International Alexander von Humboldt · 2013

Excellence in Education Award

University University of Missouri, Division of Student Affairs · 2008 For commitment to student learning and development beyond the classroom.

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Research Grant for Faculty and Scholars, Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Berlin

International DAAD · May 2004

Outstanding Article Prize for "Out on a Limb: Military Medicine, Heinrich von Kleist and the Disarticulated Body"

International Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), German Studies Association · October 2001

In the News


Published November 29, 2024
"Geschwister-Logik." Stefani Engelstein in conversation with Stefan Willer about her newly released book.
Published June 1, 2024
Franz Kafkas langer Atem. Vor hundert Jahren starb der Schriftsteller. Für die letzten Erzählungen spielten seine Krankenakten eine Hauptrolle
Published April 19, 2023
NEH, Guggenheim, Fulbright Fellowship Supports Engelstein’s Research on the Formation of Language and Ideas About Sex
Published December 17, 2021
How to Write as an Outsider about What It Means To Be German
Published September 29, 2016
Bayer takeover of Monsanto a taboo-breaking moment for Germany
Published May 31, 2016
Stefani Engelstein: Would proposed takeover of Monsanto be good for Bayer’s reputation?