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Kristina Mendicino is Professor of German Studies and Chair of German Studies at Brown University. She joined Brown in 2013 after a post-doctoral position at the University of Notre Dame, following her PhD completion at Yale University in 2012.
- Education: PhD, MA, and MPhil in German Studies from Yale University (2012, 2009, 2009); BA from Dartmouth College (2004)
Research Interests
Her research focuses on German literature and philosophy from the 18th to 20th centuries, with a secondary emphasis on Ancient Greek poetry and drama. Key areas include:
- Rhetoric of prophecy in German Idealism and Romanticism
- Translation theory and practice
- Temporal structures in poetic and philosophical works
- Choreography as "dance-writing" in Nietzsche, Valéry, and Williams
Her current monograph explores prophetic language in German Idealist and Romantic texts, analyzing works by Hegel, Humboldt, Hölderlin, and Schlegel. A second project examines choreographic principles in literary and philosophical contexts.
Scientific Awards
- University Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University (2011-2012)
- DAAD Research Fellowship (2010-2011)
- Heinrich Edmund Karl Henel Fellowship (2008-2009)
- Baden-Württemberg Fellowship (2008, 2007)
Teaching
She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in German literature with a focus on close readings and intersections between literature and philosophy, including seminars on:
- 20th-century German culture
- Phenomenology and its fictions
- Paul Celan's readership
- Historical crises in verse
- Truth and subjectivity in science
