Stefan Soldovieri

Biography

Prof. Soldovieri’s current research and teaching interests are in environmental humanities and cultures of extraction and energy production in German contexts. He is a member of the Environmental Humanities Working Group in the Jackman Humanities Institute and graduate faculty member at the School of the Environment.

Professor Soldovieri is cofounder of iPRAKTIKUM, an experiential learning and internationalization initiative that provides U of T students from all disciplines with impactful internships in the GTA and abroad. iPRAKTIKUM’s Germany-based futurGenerator programs in Berlin and Freiburg focus on sustainability and social innovation. Professor Soldovieri has also been instrumental in creating a new learning pathway in the form of a Certificate in Global German Studies.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin Madison
B.A. – Duke University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

20^th and 21^st Century German Studies
Environmental Humanities
Terrestrial Cultures
Cultures of Energy and Extraction
Cinema Studies

COURSES

Visions of the Anthropocene
Global Issues – German Contexts