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Dr. Simone Kügeler-Race serves as an Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of German within the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with St John's College. Her expertise centers on medieval German literature and language, with specialized focus on female mystical traditions and devotional texts from the 14th-15th centuries.
Education: Completed her doctorate at the University of Cologne under Professor Ursula Peters, supported by a full-time stipend from the a.r.t.e.s Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne and a DAAD research scholarship for manuscript analysis at major European libraries.
Research Focus: Investigates Female Mysticism, Devotional Literature, and Material Philology through manuscript transmission studies, text typology, and narratological frameworks. Her work contextualizes The Book of Margery Kempe within continental women mystics' traditions, examining Carthusian reader annotations and devotional practices in late medieval Europe.
Publication Trends: Recent works (2012-2022) demonstrate consistent exploration of women's mystical writings through material philology lenses, with emphasis on cross-cultural transmission, reader reception, and textual adaptations of works by Margery Kempe, Julian of Norwich, and Mechthild of Magdeburg.
Scientific Awards:
- Full-time stipend from the a.r.t.e.s Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne
- DAAD research scholarship for manuscript analysis at British Library, Bodleian Library, and Cambridge University Library
- Pembroke College, Cambridge stipend (2011-2012)
Academic Service: Served as Director of Studies in German at St John's College (2015-2018), providing undergraduate academic guidance. Current research on Carthusian reader annotations is supported by DAAD and college-level funding mechanisms, with active contributions to international symposia including the DFG-Symposion 'Migrationen der Lyrik um 1300, um 1800'.
