Simon Teuscher

Prof. Dr. Simon Teuscher is a faculty member at the University of Zurich in the History Seminar. His research spans Medieval History, Kinship Studies, and Social Conflict, with a focus on transregional relations and cultural practices in historical contexts.

• Research Interests: Kinship, resource regimes, monastic traditions, and social taxonomies.
• Projects: PATT, Ad Fontes, and In the Shadow of the Tree.
• Publications: Work in Transition (2025), Lords' Rights and Peasant Stories (2012), and Transregional Families (2011).
• Students: Advising 15+ PhD/Master’s theses on topics like noble power, legal inequality, and kinship during the Protestant Reformation.

His recent articles analyze medieval kinship metaphors, monastic written practices, and transregional alliances, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach to history and anthropology. He contributes to public academic initiatives like the Ad Fontes educational modules on charter analysis.