Dr. Claudia Stein

Biography

Claudia Stein is an Associate Professor in the History Department at the University of Warwick, focusing on the history of medicine, science, and the interplay of politics and economy from the early modern period to the present. Her current research explores the formation of modern and postmodern subjectivity in the seventeenth century, particularly through the lens of biopower and biopolitics as defined by Michel Foucault. Stein’s projects investigate the historical emergence of biopolitical strategies in 18th-century Germany, analyzing their implications for governance and individual health. She co-authored 'Spectacle Hygiene: Capitalism, Visual Culture Medicine Britain Germany, 1880s-1930s' which examines the health exhibition culture and its relation to capitalism. Stein has received funding for her work, including a Leverhulme Trust grant for an international network on socioeconomic rights. She is interested in supervising postgraduate research related to the history of medicine and visual material culture, and encourages projects that examine historiography and theory. Through her extensive publications, she contributes to the academic discourse on the intersection of health, politics, and society.

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