Prof. Dr. Christoph Ribbat

Professor - American Studies

Phone:

+49 5251 60-3047

E-mail:

Office:

J4.213

Office hours:

Next office hours: Monday, January 13, 1:30-3:30 pm (or earlier, by appointment).

Visitor:

Warburger Str. 100
33098 Paderborn

Miscellaneous
Since 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

Since 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

Publications

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

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

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

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

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.

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