Prof. Dr. Christoph Ribbat

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Prof. Dr. Christoph Ribbat

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik > Amerikanistik: Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft - Bereich Prof. Ribbat

Professor - Amerikastudien

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+49 5251 60-3047
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J4.213
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Next office hours: Monday, January 13, 1:30-3:30 pm (or earlier, by appointment).

Besucher:
Warburger Str. 100
33098 Paderborn
Prof. Dr. Christoph Ribbat
Sonstiges
Seit 01.04.2007

Professor of American Literature and Culture, University of Paderborn

02/2018

Scholar in Residence, The Neon Museum, Las Vegas

2014

Preis für besondere Lehre, Fachschaften der Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften, Universität Paderborn

10/2005 - 03/2007

Assistant Professor (Assistenzprofessor) of North American Literatures and Cultures, University of Basel (Switzerland)

02/2005 - 09/2005

Assistant Professor (Oberassistent), North American Studies Program, University of Bonn

02/2004 - 12/2004

Lynen/Humboldt Fellow, Boston University (Department of English) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Comparative Media Studies)

09/2002 - 01/2004

Visiting/adjunct teaching positions, University of Dortmund / University of Bonn

09/1996 - 07/2002

Assistant Professor (Wiss. Mitarbeiter), Ruhr-Universität Bochum

05/2002 - 05/2002

Habilitation (post-doctoral degree) in American Studies, Ruhr-Unversität Bochum

02/2001 - 03/2001

Ansel Adams Research Fellow, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona (Tucson)

08/2000 - 12/2000

Visiting Scholar, Department of English, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

08/1997 - 02/1998

Visiting Fulbright Scholar, The Cooper Union, New York City

07/1995 - 07/1995

Promotion (Ph.D.) in History, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

05/1989 - 07/1995

Undergraduate and graduate studies of English and history: Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Washington University in St. Louis

Seit 01.04.2007

Professor of American Literature and Culture, University of Paderborn

02/2018

Scholar in Residence, The Neon Museum, Las Vegas

2014

Preis für besondere Lehre, Fachschaften der Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften, Universität Paderborn

10/2005 - 03/2007

Assistant Professor (Assistenzprofessor) of North American Literatures and Cultures, University of Basel (Switzerland)

02/2005 - 09/2005

Assistant Professor (Oberassistent), North American Studies Program, University of Bonn

02/2004 - 12/2004

Lynen/Humboldt Fellow, Boston University (Department of English) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Comparative Media Studies)

09/2002 - 01/2004

Visiting/adjunct teaching positions, University of Dortmund / University of Bonn

09/1996 - 07/2002

Assistant Professor (Wiss. Mitarbeiter), Ruhr-Universität Bochum

05/2002 - 05/2002

Habilitation (post-doctoral degree) in American Studies, Ruhr-Unversität Bochum

02/2001 - 03/2001

Ansel Adams Research Fellow, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona (Tucson)

08/2000 - 12/2000

Visiting Scholar, Department of English, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

08/1997 - 02/1998

Visiting Fulbright Scholar, The Cooper Union, New York City

07/1995 - 07/1995

Promotion (Ph.D.) in History, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

05/1989 - 07/1995

Undergraduate and graduate studies of English and history: Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Washington University in St. Louis

Publikationen

Aktuelle Publikationen

Becoming Kathrine Talbot: A Jewish Refugee and the Novelist She Invented

C. Ribbat, Becoming Kathrine Talbot: A Jewish Refugee and the Novelist She Invented, Vallentine Mitchell, London/Chicago, 2024.


Breathing in Manhattan: Carola Speads - The German Jewish Gymnastics Instructor Who Brought Mindfulness to America

C. Ribbat, Breathing in Manhattan: Carola Speads - The German Jewish Gymnastics Instructor Who Brought Mindfulness to America, 2023.


Wie die Queen: Die deutsch-jüdische Geschichte einer sehr britischen Schriftstellerin

C. Ribbat, Wie die Queen: Die deutsch-jüdische Geschichte einer sehr britischen Schriftstellerin, 2022.


In the Restaurant: From Michelin Stars to Fast Food; What Eating Out Tells Us About Who We Are

C. Ribbat, In the Restaurant: From Michelin Stars to Fast Food; What Eating Out Tells Us About Who We Are, Pushkin, London, 2018.


Deutschland für eine Saison: Die wahre Geschichte des Wilbert Olinde jr.

C. Ribbat, Deutschland Für Eine Saison: Die Wahre Geschichte Des Wilbert Olinde Jr., Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2017.


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Areas of interest: contemporary fiction and nonfiction, cultural history, and visual culture.

Selected publications:

Becoming Kathrine Talbot: A Jewish Refugee and the Novelist She Invented (London/Chicago: Vallentine Mitchell, 2024); English translation of Wie die Queen: Die deutsch-jüdische Geschichte einer sehr britischen Schriftstellerin (Berlin: Insel, 2022). Conversation about the book on Insiders Outsiders YouTube channel.

Breathing in Manhattan: Carola Speads – The German Jewish Gymnastics Instructor Who Brought Mindfulness to America (transcript / US distribution Columbia UP, 2023) (e-book); English translation of Die Atemlehrerin: Wie Carola Spitz aus Berlin floh und die Achtsamkeit nach New York mitnahm (Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2020)

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UPB Department of English: Book of the Month

 

SHKs/WHBs

Marie Smith, B.Ed.

Doktorand*innen / Ph.D. projects (completed)

Stela Dujakovic: Limited Masculinities. The Aging Male in Contemporary US American Literature

Youming Hu: Images of Traveling in Emily Dickinson's Poetry

Christine Marie Koch: Salzburger Migrants and Communal Memory in Georgia

Alice Stiefermann: Growing Up Poor: Documentary and Fictional Representations of the American Inner City (1991-2011)

Mareike Tüllmann: Writers, Readers, and True Crime: Negotiating Truth and Meaning in Contemporary American Nonfiction