Prof. Dr. Christoph Ribbat
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik > Amerikanistik: Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft - Bereich Prof. Ribbat
Professor - Amerikastudien
Office hours rescheduled! Next office hours: Wednesday, November 20, 8:30-10 a.m.; Monday, November 25, 1-3 pm; Wednesday, December 4, 8:30-10 am; Wednesday, December 11, 8:30-10 am.
33098 Paderborn
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| 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
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.
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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