Sabine von Rütte, MA

Study Counsellor (Students with last names M-Z) / 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
Sabine is on maternity leave and will be back in Autumn 2026.
For study counselling and international coordination inquiries, please contact Helen Shepherd.

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, Department of English)

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

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, Department of English)

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

SS 2020: BA Core Curriculum seminar “Analysing Literature” (University of Bern, Department of English)

AS 2019: BA seminar “Exploring Race, Gender and Representation: Beyoncé’s 'Lemonade' in Conversation” (University of Bern, Department of English)