Ludwig Rübekeil (born 1958) is a German philologist who is Professor of

Germanic philology Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, with the discovery of literary tex ...

at the

University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 f ...

Biography

Ludwig Rübekeil enrolled at the Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten in 1977, from which he graduated with a degree in German, Art and Education in 1981. From 1981 he studied

Indo-European studies Indo-European studies is a field of linguistics and an interdisciplinary field of study dealing with Indo-European languages, both current and extinct. The goal of those engaged in these studies is to amass information about the hypothetical pro ...

and Scandinavian studies at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...

, from which he earned his PhD in 1990. From 1992 to 1994, he taught German at the

University of Bamberg The University of Bamberg (german: Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg) in Bamberg, Germany, specializes in the humanities, cultural studies, social sciences, economics, and applied computer science. Campus The university is mainly housed in ...

under Rolf Bergmann. In 1995 Rübekeil became a lecturer on Germanic philology at the

, where he has since become a professor.

Selected works

* ''Suebica. Völkernamen und Ethnos'', 1992 * ''Diachrone Studien zur Kontaktzone zwischen Kelten und Germanen'', 2002

References

Bibliography

*Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender 2015. Bio-bibliographisches Verzeichnis deutschsprachiger Wissenschaftler der Gegenwart. 27. Auflage. de Gruyter, Berlin u. a. 2014,
Kürschner-Online kostenpflichtig
at De Gruyter Online).

External links

Ludwig Rübekeil
at the website of the University of Zurich
Ludwig Rübekeil
at

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1958 births German philologists Germanic studies scholars Linguists of Germanic languages Living people University of Freiburg alumni University of Bamberg faculty University of Zurich faculty {{Germany-academic-bio-stub