Andrea Rapp

Prof. Dr. Andrea Rapp is a Professor at the Institute of Linguistics and Literature, Technical University of Darmstadt, specializing in Digital Humanities, Computational Philology, and Medieval Studies. She serves as Managing Director of the Institute and Vice President for Scientific Infrastructure (2017–2019), with extensive roles in academic administration, including Senate Representative for Appointment Procedures and member of the Graduate School Topology of Technology.

• Research Focus: Digital philology, medieval text corpora, digital editions, and lexicography.
• Teaching: Courses in Digital Humanities, Middle High German, and medieval literature since 2011.
• Projects: Leadership in initiatives like TextGrid and the Darmstadt Model Edition.

Publications span 20+ years, emphasizing digital methodologies, manuscript studies, and interdisciplinary applications of XML encoding, textual criticism, and historical linguistics. Her work bridges traditional philology with computational tools, contributing to sustainable digital research infrastructures.

Academic Leadership: She chairs the Scientific Advisory Board of the Marbach-Weimar-Wolfenbüttel Research Association and co-founded the TextGrid Association, while serving on DFG committees and the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz.