Stefanie Rüther

Dr. Stefanie Rüther is a historian specializing in medieval and early modern European history, currently affiliated with the University of Münster and the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt. She has held various research and coordination roles, including leadership of a junior research group at the Cluster of Excellence 'Religion and Politics' and consultancy for 'Knowledge Research' at the University of Göttingen.

• Education: PhD in History and German from the University of Münster (2000)

Her research spans conflict and war history, security dynamics in the late Middle Ages and early modern period, history of knowledge, and history of religion and piety. She has contributed to interdisciplinary projects like SFB 496 and led database design initiatives for collaborative research.

Dr. Rüther's current role involves research coordination at the Max Planck Institute, focusing on legal history and theory. She is also an associate member of the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 138: 'Dynamics of Security: Forms of Securitization in Historical Perspective.'