Kim Robe is a PhD candidate in English and American Literary Studies at the University of Zurich. She has been working as a teaching and research assistant for the English Department from FS23 to HS24. Since FS25 she is working as the Study Abroad Coordinator. 

PhD Project

• Violent Sensibilities. Masculinities in American Novels and Films of the 1990s.
  Supervisor Committee: Prof. Dr. Barbara Straumann | Prof. Dr. Michael Frank

Among her research interests are gender studies, psychoanalysis, and film studies. She holds a BA in English and German Literature and Linguistics as well as an MA in English Literature.

MA Thesis

• “Surface, Surface, Surface" - Unmasking the Male Narcissist in Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho and Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club.
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Bronfen

BA Theses

• This Is Some Serious Gourmet Shit“ - An Analysis of Tarantinian Power Structures with Regard to Food.
  Supervisor: Dr. Stella Castelli
• „Bin ich ein Mensch?“ - Eine Analyse des Prozesses ‘Tier-Werden’ nach Deleuze und Guattari bei Büchner.
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Philipp Theisohn