PEAK-Expert
Gabriela Kompatscher-Gufler
Focus
Human-Animal Studies, Medieval Latin Language & Literature
Contact
E-Mail:
gabriela.kompatscher@uibk.ac.at
Phone:
+43 512 507 40704
Web:
Department of Classical Philology and Neo-Latin Studies
Personal Homepage
Languages: English, German, Italian
Gabriela Kompatscher-Gufler is deputy head of the Department of Classical Philology and Neo-Latin Studies at the University of Innsbruck and an expert in the field of human-animal studies. In research she focuses on the diverse relationships between humans and animals in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and modern times. She is particularly interested in animal keeping and livestock farming, which in its current form has a significant impact on the climate and environment and is not sustainable in the long term.
Focus cloud: Human-Animal Studies, Human-Animal Relations in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modern Times, Animal Ethics, Latin Language and Literature of the Middle Ages
About
Gabriela Kompatscher-Gufler is the deputy head of the Department of Classical Philology and Neolatin Studies at the University of Innsbruck, where she studied Latin and History, received her doctorate in Latin in 1994 and her teaching license as an university lecturer in 2003. She is particularly interested in animal ethics. Kompatscher-Gufler is part of a small research team in Innsbruck that has been working on human-animal studies since 2012 and investigates the human-animal relationship from various perspectives. The central principle is that animals are recognized as individuals with their own needs, feelings, perceptions, experiences, preferences and interests.