Department of English

Who to Ask

MA Sabine von Rütte

Study Counsellor | PhD Candidate

Department of English

Phone: +41 31 684 84 16
E-Mail: sabine.vonruette@unibe.ch
Office: D 213
Postal Address: Department of English
Unitobler
Länggassstr. 49
CH – 3012 Bern
Consultation Hour: Mondays, 14:00-17:00 for walk ins.
Tuesday, 09:00-12:30 by appointment.
Students can schedule a meeting by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/muz6ey8
Please include your immatriculation number in the notes section.

Sabine von Rütte studied English Languages and Literatures and Film Studies at the Universities of Bern and Zurich pursuing her interests in literature, film, media, pop culture and the intersection of gender, race and class. She has received her Master's degree in English Literature and Film Studies from the University of Zurich. She is currently a PhD candidate in North American Literature under the supervision of Prof. Gabriele Rippl, working on contemporary North American maternal life writing.

Research Interests

American and Anglophone literature of the 20th and 21th centuries, feminist theory, race, class and gender representation in literature and popular culture, memory and identity, life writing, film studies, cultural studies, motherhood studies.

Teaching

AS 2023: BA seminar “Ain't I a Woman: Black Feminism in Literature, Theory and Visual Culture” (University of Bern, English Department)

SS 2023: BA seminar “Is the Future Female? Futures of Reproduction in Dys-/Utopian Fiction” (University of Bern, English Department)

SS 2023: Doctoral reading group “Intersectionality”, (University of Bern, Graduate Schools Gender Studies and GSAH, Walter Benjamin Kolleg)

SS 2022: BA Core curriculum seminar “Analysing Literature” (University of Bern, English Department)

AS 2021: BA seminar “The Measure of Our Lives: Reading Toni Morrison” (University of Bern, English Department)

SS 2020: Analyzing Literature

AS 2019: Exploring Race, Gender and Representation: Beyoncé’s "Lemonade" in Conversation