Birth

1999 Abitur at a German High-School (2,1) with Mathematics and English as Majors

2003 M.A. at the University of Bonn (1,7) with Old German Literature and German Language as major and New German Literature and Old History as minors.

2003 begin of my Phd. thesis in Scandinavian Studies with Prof. Dr. R. Simek as supervisor. Preliminary title: "Guldgubber - Einblicke in die Völkewanderungszeit"
"Guldgubber, a glance in the Migration Age"

Ratke, Sharon: Rabenfedern. In: Sarah Nick (ed.): Aufruhr in Aventurien. München: Heyne Verlag, 2002, p. 291-321

Ratke, Sharon: Relationen zwischen Rechtsgesten und bildlichen Darstellungen auf Guldgubbern. Masterthesis. Bonn, 2003 available online

Ratke, Sharon and Simek, Rudolf: Guldgubber: Relics of Pre-Christian Law Rituals? In: Kristina Jennbert et al. (eds.) Proceedings of the Old Norse Religion in long term perspective conference in Lund 2004, forthcoming.

Sharon Ratke und Rudolf Simek: Lagarnas gester och ritualer – nya rön i
tolkningen av guldgubbarna In: Anders Andrén und Peter Carelli (Hrsg): Odens
öga – mellan människor och makter i det förkristna Norden. Helsingborg:
Dunkers Kulturhus, 2006 (= Skrifter nr 6)

Interests and hobbies

Pre- and Early History, Medieval and Fantasy Reenactment, costume design and sewing these garments, my cats, Heavy Metal and reading fantasy literature