Matthew Stahlman

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Cobb 506
Office Hours: Mondays, 10:40 - 12:40
Cohort Year: 2022
Research Interests: German and European thought from the late-18th through the mid-19th centuries
Education: M.A.P.H. University of Chicago; B.A. English, Lewis and Clark College; B.A. Philosophy, Portland State University

Matthew Stahlman’s research is centered upon German and European thought from the late-18th through the mid-19th centuries; particular areas of interest include the influence of 19th-century scientific thought upon the works of Nietzsche’s middle period as well as the afterlife of Kantian (and pseudo-Kantian) philosophy in subsequent European thought. In addition, he is a co-translator (with R. Kevin Hill) of the forthcoming Oxford World Classics translation of Nietzsche’s Human, All Too Human, and regards translation (and work with languages more generally) as a crucial supplement to more research-oriented academic tasks.  He is a holder of two bachelor’s degrees, in English from Lewis & Clark College and in Philosophy from Portland State University and is a graduate of University of Chicago’s MAPH program, where he worked on the epistemic implications of Kant’s remarks on animal minds under the supervision of James Conant. In addition, he is a former guest researcher at Universität Leipzig, as well as a recipient of a DAAD research grant.