Dorothee Rippmann

Dorothee Elisabeth Rippmann (born July 1, 1951 in Basel ) is a Swiss historian and archaeologist .

Dorothee Rippmann studied history, Swiss history with medieval archeology, prehistory and early history as well as at times folklore and Latin philology at the University of Basel . After obtaining her licentiate in 1975, she worked as a research assistant at the Archaeological Soil Research in Basel-Stadt and led the excavations in the Barfüsserkirche in Basel. 1979–1982 she was František Graus' assistant at the chair for Medieval History at the University of Basel. 1982–1988 she was a freelance archaeologist and historian. In 1988 she received her doctorate from the University of Basel with a dissertation on urban-rural relationships in the 15th century using the example of Basel. She then worked as a research assistant in the education, education and culture department of the canton of Basel-Landschaft , held teaching positions at the universities of Zurich , Bern and Lucerne and worked as a freelance historian and museologist. From 1998–2000 she completed a postgraduate course in museology at the University of Basel, which she completed with a Master of Advanced Studies in Museology. 2003 habilitation them with studies on problems of late medieval society and became a lecturer in medieval history with special reference to economic and social history at the University of Zurich appointed. From 2009–2010 she was visiting professor for the history of the Middle Ages at the Historical Institute of the University of Vienna. In the fall semester of 2013 Dorothee Rippmann, meanwhile appointed titular professor for the history of the Middle Ages with special emphasis on economic and social history, took over the professorship of Simon Teuscher at the University of Zurich.

Her research focuses on urban-rural relationships in the late Middle Ages, historical women's studies and gender history, social unrest and witch hunt, the social history of the medieval city, the cultural history of nutrition, the environmental history of the Middle Ages and medieval archeology.

Web links

• Dorothee Rippmann on the website of the University of Zurich with a list of publications
• Dorothee Rippmann on the website of the History Institute of the University of Vienna
• Publications by Dorothee Rippmann in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii