Dr Monja Stahlberger

Profile

Monja Stahlberger is an Early Career Researcher in German and Austrian Exile Studies and German Studies. Her research interests include German-Jewish history and culture, Britain's role as a refugee nation in the 20th century, and the legacy of forced migration. She is particularly interested in how personal narratives and ego-documents illuminate processes of identity formation and cultural belonging across generations. She completed her PhD in Exile Studies at the University of London's Institute of Languages, Cultures & Societies with a thesis examining diaries of Kindertransport refugees. Her current project at the Leo Baeck Institute London investigates how German-Jewish cultural memory and identity evolve across borders and generations through various forms of life writing. Prior to joining LBI London, she held a Bithell Fellowship at the Institute.