She studied Media Studies (M.A.), German Philology (M.A.), and Sociology (B.A.) at the University of Basel, and during her studies was long involved in the Fachgruppe (the Media Studies student body). She completed her Master’s degree in German Philology in December 2022 with a thesis titled „‘Ich habe alles verstanden.’Decodierungseffekte einer Filmästhetik des Surrealen in Ingeborg Bachmanns Malina“ [‘I Have Understood Everything.’Decoding Effects of a Film Aesthetics of the Surreal in Ingeborg Bachmann’s Malina]. She has been an assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Ute Holl since February 2023. Alongside this, she works as Head of Communications at MusikSpitexand as Co-President of the Basel film society KinoKonkav.

Office hours: by individual arrangement via e-mail (rebecca.cairoli@unibas.ch).

Research focus

• Postcolonialism and Visual Anthropology

• Modern German Literary Studies, with a focus on Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973) and Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843)

• Film Studies

• Football and Media

• Journalism

Courses

Proseminars

• HS 2026 (Fall 2026) Journalismus im Fokus der Medienwissenschaft: Ein Wechselspiel zwischen Theorie und Praxis. Proseminar, Seminar for Media Studies, University of Basel.

• HS 2023 (Fall 2023) Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten. Proseminar, Seminar for Media Studies, University of Basel.

• FS 2023 (Spring 2023) «Mit Medien werden»: Die Facetten der Medienwissenschaft. Proseminar, Seminar for Media Studies, University of Basel.

Seminars

• FS 2026 (Spring 2026) «Fussball ist ein Fehlerspiel» – Eine Mediengeschichte des Fussballs. Seminar, Seminar for Media Studies, University of Basel.

• HS 2024 (Fall Visuelle Anthropologie. Die Organisation des Blicks [. Seminar, Seminar for Media Studies, University of Basel.

• FS 2024 (Spring 2024) Post_koloniale Schweiz: eine medienwissenschaftliche Perspektive. Seminar, Seminar for Media Studies, University of Basel.