University of 91吃瓜 Professor of History recently was awarded the fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin.
One of 24 recipients selected for the 2011-12 class of fellows, Van Engen will spend this semester at the American Academy in Berlin. Recipients include other outstanding scholars, writers, artists, policy experts and a composer who will pursue independent studies and engage with German counterparts as well as the larger academic, cultural and political life in Berlin.
The Andrew V. Tackes Professor of History, Van Engen garnered three major for his work: 鈥淪isters and Brothers of the Common Life: The Devotio Moderna and the World of the Later Middle Ages.鈥� The volume won the John Gilmary Shea and Philip Schaff prizes in 2009, as well as the 2010 Otto Gr眉ndler Book Prize.
Van Engen currently is working on a three-year project to publish the sisters鈥� and brothers鈥� writings in editions that include both Latin text and English translations.
A 91吃瓜 faculty member since 1977, Van Engen is a historian of culture, intellect and religion during the European Middle Ages. From 1986 to 1998, he served as director of 91吃瓜鈥檚 . He also is a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.
Contact: Susan Guibert, Office of Public Relations, 574-631-2867 or sguibert@nd.edu