Dr. Gabriele Rippl

Biography

Gabriele Rippl is a Full Professor of English Literature at the University of Bern, specializing in North American literature and culture. She earned her MA and PhD from the University of Constance, where her doctoral thesis focused on early modern English women's autobiographies. Her post-doctoral research investigated intermediality and ekphrasis in Anglophone literature, resulting in significant publications in the field. Professor Rippl has held visiting professorships at several prestigious universities, including Tübingen and Bielefeld. She has contributed to various research projects, such as examining Canadian literature's relationship with Greek myth and transcultural figures in Anglophone life writing. In leadership roles, she has served as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Bern and acted on multiple advisory boards, including for the Swiss National Science Foundation. Her research interests encompass intermediality, environmental humanities, literary theory, and the cultural sustainability of Anglophone literatures, as well as feminist literary theory. She teaches a range of courses from undergraduate to graduate levels, mentoring numerous doctoral students in diverse research areas. Rippl is also recognized as a member of AcademiaNet, highlighting her contributions as an outstanding female academic and was appointed to the University Council at Justus Liebig University Giessen in 2023.

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