Education

  • 1981 born in Tuebingen (Germany)
  • Raised in Reutlingen (Germany) and Budapest (Hungary)
  • Studies at Eberhard-Karls-University of Tuebingen (Germany) in General Rhetoric (Allgemeine Rhetorik) and Contemporary English Literature (Neuere Englische Literatur) as major (Magister Artium) and Romanic Philology (Romanische Philologie) as minor
  • Latinum
  • Master Thesis about The Ethos in Rhetoric and Politics
  • Graecum
  • PhD in Philosophy and Rhetoric from the University of Tuebingen about Decorum as a normative force in Rhetoric (Die normative Kraft des Decorum)
  • Advanced course in Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics at the University of Oxford (England)

Work Experience

  • Assistant teacher at King’s College and Wimbledon High School, London (UK)
  • Pro bono work as a teacher at the child protection association (Kinderschutzbund) Reutlingen e.V.
  • Juror at the national competition debating youth (Jugend debattiert)
  • Lecturer at the non-profit institution BBQ (Berufliche Bildung gGmbH Reutlingen)
  • Teacher at the vocational school for Fashion and Design, Gewerbliche Schule Metzingen
  • Tutor at Wafios AG Reutlingen (Germany)
  • Advisor at VMVO GmbH Stein am Rhein (Switzerland)
  • Freelance author

Areas of Research

  • The Ethical Responsibility in Rhetoric
  • The Ethos of the Orator
  • Rhetoric and Rationality
  • Appropriateness in Rhetoric, Politics and Society
  • Theory of Knowledge
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Metaphysics

International Experience

  • A-level at the German School of Budapest (Deutsche Schule Budapest) (Hungary)
  • King’s College in London (UK)
  • Visiting student at the Université Lumière in Lyon (France)
  • University of Oxford (UK)

Publications

  • Sophia Vallbracht: The Ethos in Rhetoric and Politics. Tuebingen, 2006.
  • Sophia Vallbracht: Die normative Kraft des Decorum. Angemessenheit bei Cicero, Ambrosius und Augustinus. Tuebingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, 2019.
  • Under review: Sophia Vallbracht: “Rhetorik und Rationalität / Rhetoric and Rationality”, 2022.
  • Sophia Vallbracht: Review of J. Warren Smith: Ambrose, Augustine, and the Pursuit of Greatness. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020, in: Augustiniana, Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 71/3-4, 2021, p.490-492.

Talks

  • “Rhetorik und freier Vortrag“ at the Isolde-Kurz-Gymnasium, 23.10.2007
  • Book review of Jan Müller: Decorum Konzepte von Angemessenheit in der Theorie der Rhetorik von den Sophisten bis zur Renaissance at the colloquium of the department for General Rhetoric, University of Tuebingen, 12.01.2012
  • “Angemessenheit als Regulativ der Rede“ at the doctoral colloquium, University of Tuebingen, 07.07.2017
  • “Quod decet et quod persuadet?“ at the doctoral workshop, University of Tuebingen, 07.11.2017
  • Doctoral viva, University of Tuebingen, 27.04.2018
  • Presentation about “Decorum as a normative force in rhetoric“ at the next biennial conference of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric to be held in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 05.08.2022 at 03.30pm, room E.2.56

Memberships

  • The Philosophical Society of the University of Oxford (England)
  • International Society for the History of Rhetoric
  • Rhetorikforum. Association for the Promotion of Rhetoric in Science and Practice e.V.
  • InstKoll (Colloquium on rhetoric of the University of Tuebingen)
  • German Association for the Safeguarding of Children Chapter Reutlingen e.V.