Kathryn Starkey

Kathryn Starkey is the Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies and a Professor of German in the Department of German Studies at Stanford University. She also holds courtesy appointments as Professor of English, History, and Comparative Literature. Her research focuses on medieval German literature, visuality and materiality, object/thing studies, manuscript illustration, and digital humanities. She has held visiting positions at the Universities of Palermo (2011) and Freiburg im Breisgau (2013, 2018).

• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, German (Literature and Culture), 1998
• M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Germanic Linguistics, 1993
• B.A., Queen’s University, German, Linguistics, Psychology minor, 1990

Her recent publications explore interdisciplinary themes such as medieval object studies, sensory artifacts, and manuscript transmission. She serves as Principal Investigator for the Global Medieval Sourcebook, supported by NEH and Stanford’s Roberta Bowman Denning Fund. Her awards include prestigious fellowships from the National Humanities Center and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

• NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant (2018)
• Roberta Bowman Denning Fund for Humanities and Technologies (2016, 2017, 2018)
• National Humanities Center Fellowship
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship
• SSHRCC Grant