Ruth Egger
Research Assistant and Doctoral Student
Contact
University of Tuebingen
Department of History
Wilhelmstr. 36
72074 Tübingen
+49 (0) 7071 29-77131
Email: ruth.egger @uni-tuebingen.de
Office hours
After taking contact.
room: Hegelbau, 2nd floor, room 203, alternatively via zoom
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2023
Research Assistant and Doctoral Student
at the Department of Modern History, University of Tübingen
2022-2023
Curator
Parental leave cover for the Curator of Fashion, Textiles and Jewellery, Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
2020-2022
Assistant Curator
at the Department of Art and Cultural History, Landesmuseum Württemberg (Württemberg State Museum)
2022
Internship
at the Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie, Aubusson
2020
Internship
at the Department of Art and Cultural History, Landesmuseum Württemberg (Württemberg State Museum)
2019
Internships
at the “World Cultures” Department, National Museums Scotland, as well as in the Collections Management Team, Glasgow Museums
2018-2019
Master of Letters (MLitt.)
“Art History: Dress and Textile Histories” at the University of Glasgow. Title of the master thesis: “Mapping Dress and Identity. The Costumed Figures in John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, 1611-1612”
2016-2018
Costume Maker
Salzburger Landestheater (Salzburg State Theatre)
2015
Manager of the Workshop
at “Kids in Fashion”, Vienna
2015
Master’s Examination
for the Craft of Dressmaking, Innung für Mode und Bekleidungstechnik, Vienna
2014-2015
Master School
Costume Design and Making at the Secondary School of Fashion and Creative Design "Herbststrasse", Vienna
2008-2014
Magistra (Mag.)
Diploma programme in Celtic Studies at the University of Vienna. Title of diploma thesis: “Fairies, Witches, and the Devil. The Interface between Elite Demonology and Folk Belief in Early Modern Scottish Witchcraft Trials”
2013
Project Assistant
for the relocation of the museum storage, Wien Museum (Vienna Museum)
2008-2012
Bachelor’s Degree Programme
in History, University of Vienna
Research
Topic of the Dissertation:
Fabricated Geographies: Collecting Global Dress and Textiles in European Cabinets of Curiosities, ca. 1550–1700 (working title)
Research interests
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Early Modern Cultural History
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Dress and Textile Histories
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Visual and Material Culture
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Museums and Collections
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History of the British Isles
Publications
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Egger, Ruth. “Das Königlich Württembergische Landesgewerbemuseum. Ein historistischer Prachtbau mit geschmackvollen Sammlungen.” Schwäbische Heimat 2022/1: 28-33.
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Egger, Ruth. „Das Württembergische Landesgewerbemuseum in Stuttgart.“ Rundbrief des Württembergischen Geschichts- und Altertumsvereins 32 (October 2021): 14-17. http://wgav.de/2021/10/01/rundbrief-oktober-2021/
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Blog posts for Landesmuseum Württemberg (Württemberg State Museum): https://blog.landesmuseum-stuttgart.de/author/rutheggers/
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Blog post „‘Die Ideen kommen aus meinem Inneren‘ – Schmuck von Jan Wehrens“ for Museum and the City, Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums): https://blog.smb.museum/die-ideen-kommen-aus-meinem-inneren-schmuck-von-jan-wehrens/
Presentations
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Egger, Ruth. “‘Etliche von Bast gar künstlich gewirckte Kleider / Küssen und Tapeten.‘ Zur Sammlungspraxis von westafrikanischen Textilien und Kleidung in frühneuzeitlichen Kunstkammern.“ University of Jena, Forschungskolloquium zur Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit, 20-21 June 2024.
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Egger, Ruth. “Dressed in Sealskin. Greenlandic Inuit and the Gottorp Kunstkammer.” University of Cambridge, Workshop “Material Culture in the Early Modern World”, Lent Term 2024 “Identity, Performance and Dress”, 20 February 2024.
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Egger, Ruth. “Translating Objects? Re-interpreting Dress and Textiles from Africa and the Americas in European Cabinets of Curiosities.” University of Tübingen, Workshop “Knowledge & Translation in the early modern Atlantic World”, 9 February 2024.
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Egger, Ruth. “From Weave to Print. The Revival of a 14th-Century Motif on an Evening Cape by Maria Monaci Gallenga.” CIETA Congress 2023, “Renaissances and Revivals,” 2-5 October 2023.
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Egger, Ruth. “Mapping Dress and Identity. The Costumed Figures in John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, 1611-1612.” The Association of Dress Historians, New Research in Dress History Conference, 7-13 June 2021.
Exhibitions
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unschwäbisch-pompös. 125 Jahre Landesgewerbemuseum
16.09.2021–12.04.2022 at Haus der Wirtschaft Baden-Württemberg. -
A Matter of Taste. Exemplary Design around 1900
18.11.2021–01.05.2022 at Landesmuseum Württemberg (Württemberg State Museum). -
Google Arts & Culture: A Matter of Taste. Exemplary Design around 1900 https://artsandculture.google.com/story/aAVR45VtadjCXQ
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Google Arts & Culture: Fashioning Bodies and Gender. A Journey through Time at the Fashion Museum at Ludwigsburg Residential Palace https://artsandculture.google.com/story/MAWxj5UgkkfbUg
Professional Memberships
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CIETA (Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens), FR
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The Costume Society, UK
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The Association of Dress Historians, UK
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Netzwerk Mode Textil, DE