University of Heidelberg, Germany, PhD 2010
Daniel Juette
Associate Professor of History
Cultural History, Urban History, History of Knowledge, Jewish History, German History, History of Material Culture and Everyday Life
Daniel Jütte is a historian of early modern and modern Europe. His research interests lie in cultural history, urban history and material culture, history of knowledge and science, and Jewish history. He is currently working on a history of transparency from antiquity to modern times.
Jütte is the author of two monographs. His award-winning The Age of Secrecy: Jews, Christians, and the Economy of Secrets, 1400–1800 (Yale University Press, 2015; first German ed. 2011) offers a general history of secrecy in the early modern period, with particular attention to the role of secrecy and secret sciences in Jewish-Christian relations. His second book, The Strait Gate: Thresholds and Power in Western History (Yale University Press, 2015), explores how doors, gates, and related technologies such as the key and the lock have shaped notions about security, privacy, and shelter.
Before joining NYU, Jütte taught as lecturer in the History Department at Harvard University as well as at the University of Heidelberg, from which he earned his Ph.D. in 2010. He has also held a number of fellowships: Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows (2011–2015); Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin (2015–16); and Eurias Fellow at the University of Cambridge (2016–2017). In addition, his work has been supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung), and the Daimler Benz Foundation.
Jütte has been recognized for excellence in teaching, but he also enjoys engaging non-academic audiences and readerships, e.g., as a contributor to media networks (such as the BBC, CNN, and Deutschlandradio) and major daily newspapers, including the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Die Welt.
Fellowships and Honors
- 2016–2017 Eurias Fellow, University of Cambridge
- 2015–2016 Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin
- 2011–2015 Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows
- 2013 Honorary Starr Fellow, Harvard University
- 2013 Dyos Prize (Urban History)
- 2012 Ruprecht Karls Prize (University of Heidelberg)
- 2011 Bruno Heck Science Prize, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
books
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Yale University Press, 2015
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Yale University Press, 2015
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012
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Stadtarchiv, Göppingen, 2006
Articles
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Survivors of Witch Trials and the Quest for Justice in Early Modern GermanyJournal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 50, no. 22020, pp. 349–375
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Toward a History of the CornerRES: Anthropology and Aesthetics 73–742020, pp. 340–356
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Sleeping in Church: Preaching, Boredom, and the Struggle for Attention in Medieval and Early Modern EuropeAmerican Historical Review 125, no. 42020, pp. 1147–1174
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Comfort, Class and Climate Change: The Rise of Glass in Late Medieval and Early Modern Domestic ArchitectureCultural & Social History 15, no. 52018, pp. 621–641
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Walls, Borders, and Boundaries in World History (AHR Conversation with S. Akbari, T. Herzog, C. Nightingale, W. Rankin, and K. Weitzberg)American Historical Review 122, no. 52017, pp. 1501–1553
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Defenestration as Ritual Punishment: Windows, Power, and Political Culture in Early Modern EuropeJournal of Modern History 89, no. 12017, pp. 1–38
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Living Stones: The House as Actor in Early Modern EuropeJournal of Urban History 42, no. 42016, pp. 659–687
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‘They shall not keep their doors or windows open’: Urban Space and the Dynamics of Conflict and Contact in Premodern Jewish-Christian RelationsEuropean History Quarterly 46, no. 2.2016, pp. 209–237. Winner of the journal’s annual prize for the best article published in 2016
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Window Gazes and World Views: A Chapter in the Cultural History of VisionCritical Inquiry 422016, no. 3, pp. 611–646
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Smashed Panes and ‘Terrible Showers’: Windows, Violence, and Honor in the Early Modern CityWest 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture 22, no. 22015, pp. 131–156
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Entering a City: On a Lost Early Modern PracticeUrban History 41, no. 22014, pp. 204–227. Winner of the Dyos prize for the best article submitted to the journal in 2012
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Interfaith Encounters between Jews and Christians in the Early Modern Period and Beyond: Toward a FrameworkAmerican Historical Review 118, no. 22013, pp. 378–400
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Trading in Secrets: Jews and the Early Modern Quest for Clandestine KnowledgeIsis 103, no. 42012, pp. 668–686
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Contact Information
Daniel Juette
Associate Professor of History daniel.juette@nyu.edu King Juan Carlos Center, Rm. 61353 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012