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

Germanic philology Germanic philology is the philology, philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a Comparative method, comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research into the Germanic languages began in the 16th century, wi ...

at the

University of Zurich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...

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

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and

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University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1 ...

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

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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 Academia.edu 1958 births German philologists Germanic studies scholars Linguists of Germanic languages Living people University of Freiburg alumni Academic staff of the University of Bamberg Academic staff of the University of Zurich {{Germany-academic-bio-stub