About Elisabeth
Profile
Overview
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Elisabeth Bronfen is Professor Emerita of English and American Studies at the University of Zurich as well as Global Distinguished Professor at New York University.
She earned her PhD at the University of Munich with her work on literary space in the work of Dorothy M. Richardson’s novel Pilgrimage, as well as her habilitation on representations of femininity and death, Over Her Dead Body. She has written articles and books in the area of literature, philosophy and political theory, gender studies, psychoanalysis, film, cultural theory and visual culture. She works as a curator and writes for exhibition catalogs. More recently she has also published a cookbook and a novel.
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Access Prof. Bronfen's profile on LinkedIn or get in touch with Prof. Bronfen here.
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Access an overview of her edited volumes and monographs, a complete list of her publications, as well as links to a selection of her publications.
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In the Media
Public Engagement
Elisabeth Bronfen is a frequent contributor for local and international news publications and broadcasts, serving as an expert on culture as well as American politics.
She also often collaborates with cultural institutions, as a curator, a consultant and as a writer.
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See an overview of her media appearances and contributions here.
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Honors & Fellowships
Overview
2024 – Fellowship at the HIAS, Hamburg Institut for Advanced Studies
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2021 – Honorary Doctorate
from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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2018 – Ambassadorship
for Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Interview)
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2017 – Martin Warnke-Medal
awarded by the Aby-Warburg Stiftung
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2017 – Fellowship at the IKKM
of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
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2011 – Membership of the Academia Europaea
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2010 – Residency in the Louise Bourgeois Studio Archive
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2000 & 1997 – Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professorship
at Columbia University
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1995 – Whitney J. Oates Fellow
with the Council of the Humanities, Princeton University
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1993 – Gerhard Hess Program's Junior Research Award
of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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1987-8 – Mellon Faculty Fellowship Harvard University
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