Prof. Dr. phil. Sita Steckel
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Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Religious controversies and religious diversity within high medieval Latin Christianity
- Medieval religious polemic
- History of knowledge and learning
- Historical and sociological theories of social transformation, especially theories of differentiation
Academic Education | |
| 2001 - 2006 | Doctorate from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Kintzinger |
| 1994 - 2001 | Magister Artium at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. Medieval history (major), Modern history, Medieval English Literature (minors) |
Work Experience | |
| 08/2020 - 07/2025 | Associate Professor - History of the High and Late Middle Ages |
| 04/2016 - 07/2020 | Junior Professor (continued) |
| 12/2012 - 07/2019 | Dilthey Fellowship "Diversitas religionum. Thirteenth-century foundations of European discourses of religious diversity" (includes the coordination of a junior research group with two doctoral students) |
| 04/2016 - 03/2019 | Associated at the University of Oslo, Norway as associate "Professor II" |
| 04/2015 - 03/2016 | Maternity leave |
| 12/2012 - 03/2015 | Junior Professor for the History of the High and Late Middle Ages, WWU Münster. |
| 09/2011 - 11/2012 | Research fellow, Exzellenzcluster 'Religion and politics in pre-modern and modern cultures', WWU Münster (continued) |
| 09/2010 - 08/2011 | Volkswagen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University, Cambridge MA (USA) |
| 04/2008 - 08/2010 | Research fellow, Exzellenzcluster 'Religion and politics in pre-modern and modern cultures', WWU Münster |
| 03/2004 - 03/2008 | Assistant professor (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Prof. Dr. Martin Kintzinger), Historisches Seminar, WWU Münster |
| 01/2002 - 12/2003 | PhD scholarship, Gerda Henkel Foundation, Düsseldorf |
| 04/2001 - 09/2001 | Assistant professor (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Prof. Dr. Hans Sauer), Department of English Studies, LMU Munich |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2017 | Scientific advisory committee, Institute for Franciscan Research e.V. |
| since 2016 | Center for textual edition and commentary (ZETEK), WWU Münster |
| since 2013 | Series co-editor 'Byzantinische Studien und Texte', LIT Verlag Muenster (General editor: Prof. Dr. Michael Grünbart) |
| 2013 - 2017 | Member of Management Committee and Steering Group, COST Action IS1301 ‚New communities of interpretation. Contexts, Processes and Strategies of Religious Transformation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe‘ |
| 2011 - 2013 | Member of DFG-Research network "Institutions, practices and positions of scholarly cultures, 13th-16th centuries |
Appointments | |
| 06/2020 | Offer to a Professorship for History of the High and Late Middle Ages (W2) , University of Münster (accepted) |
| 11/2012 | Offer to a Professorship for History of the High and Late Middle Ages (W1) , University of Münster (accepted) |
Publications
Steckel Sita, Fiene Willem (2021) In: Wagner Wolfgang E. (eds.), Entscheidungsfindung in spätmittelalterlichen Gemeinschaften. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Steckel Sita (2020) In: Beach Alison I., Cochelin, Isabelle (eds.), The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Steckel Sita (2020) In: Pézé, Warren (eds.), Wissen und Bildung in einer Zeit bedrohter Ordnung. Der Zerfall des Karolingerreiches um 900/ Knowledge and Culture in Times of Threat: The Fall of the Carolingian Empire (ca. 900). Stuttgart: Hiersemann Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Steckel Sita (2020) In: Saeculum, 2020(70.1.) Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Brauner Christina, Steckel Sita (2020) In: Pohlig Matthias (eds.), Juden, Christen und Muslime im Zeitalter der Reformation - Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Reformation Era. Göttingen: Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/09/2016 - 31/12/2018 Type of project: Own resources project | |
Duration: 01/07/2015 - 30/06/2019 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 31/10/2013 - 30/09/2017 Type of project: Own resources project |
Prizes
| Dilthey-Fellowship Awarded by: VolkswagenStiftung, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Award given to: Steckel, Sita Date of awarding: 15/05/2012 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Certificate of Distinction in Teaching Awarded by: Harvard University, Derek Bok Center Award given to: Sita Steckel Date of awarding: 01/01/2012 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Posterpräsentation des Historikertags (3. Platz) Awarded by: Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands (VHD) Award given to: Steckel, Sita Date of awarding: 01/01/2006 Type of distinction: Best publication award | |
| Dumbarton Oaks Short term Scholar Awarded by: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington DC (USA) Award given to: Steckel Sita Announced at: 15/06/2011 Type of distinction: Scholarship | |
| Karl-Ferdinand-Werner-Fellowship Awarded by: Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris Award given to: Steckel, Sita Announced at: 15/05/2012 Type of distinction: Scholarship |
Doctorates
| Religious polemic on gender relations. Unchastity and immorality as arguments in thirteenth-century intra-Christian Dominican and Franciscan sources Candidate: Kluge, Stephanie | Supervisors: Steckel, Sita Period of time: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| The Polemical Discourse of Hildegard of Bingen and its Reception Candidate: Alexiu, Andra-Nicoleta | Supervisors: Steckel, Sita; Pippidi, Andrei Period of time: 01/10/2014 - 30/09/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |