Department of English

Academic Staff

Sabine von Rütte, MA

PhD Candidate

North American Literature and Culture

Phone: +41 31 684 83 61
E-Mail: sabine.vonruette@unibe.ch
Office: B 262
Postal Address: Department of English
Unitobler
Länggassstr. 49
CH – 3012 Bern
Consultation Hour: By appointment

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.

Research Interests

Anglophone literature of the 20th and 21th centuries, feminist theory, race and gender representation in literature and popular culture, memory and identity, narratology, film studies, cultural studies, contemporary postcolonial literatures and postcolonial theory.

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