Verena Kasper-Marienberg

Verena Kasper-Marienberg is an Associate Professor of History and Director of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at North Carolina State University. She specializes in early modern European Jewish communities, focusing on legal practices, gender relations, and socio-economic structures. Her research includes studies on Jewish-Christian interactions in Central Europe, legal systems, and public history.

Education: PhD in History and Historical Museology (2009, University of Graz, Austria); MA in Rhetorics and History (2005, University of Tübingen, Germany).

Key Research Projects:

• Completed a book on the daily life of the Frankfurt Jewish community (18th century).
• Current work on Bohemian rural Jewry post-30-Years War.
• Funded projects include Gerda Henkel Foundation grants and a Marie Curie Fellowship.

Awards:

• EURIAS/Marie Curie Fellowship (2018–2019).
• Gerda Henkel Foundation grants (2010–2012, 2018–2022).
• Research Fellowships at the Frankel Center (2013–2014) and Israel Institute (2018–2019).

Teaching focuses on early modern Europe, Jewish culture, migration history, and public history. She leads interdisciplinary programs in Jewish Studies and Gender Studies at NCSU.