Sabine Stettler is an adjunct researcher in the URPP Human Reproduction Reloaded | H2R at the University of Zurich.
Sabine’s research interests include the history of the unborn, medival theories about conception and the theory of symmetric anthropology. In her current research, she discusses the embryo as a cultural and historical concept by focusing on scholastic writings, especially Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas.
Project: The Embryo and Thomas Aquinas
The embryo is subject to constant change. On the one hand, it is in the process of changing into a potential child; on the other hand, it changes through temporal and social contexts. This project asks how the embryo can be understood in the writings of Thomas Aquinas and in the reception of these texts, developed in the context of questions of embryo protection. The discussion of the medieval and modern particularities of the embryo allows us to critically reflect on the role of technology and notions of time that underlie the different conceptions.
Education
- M.A. in Social Anthropology, ISEK, Zurich, Switzerland (2020)
- M.A. in History, Department of History, Zurich, Switzerland (2016)