Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Artemis Alexiadou
Languages, Syntactic theory
Prof. Dr. Dr. Aleida Assmann
Nominated by
- Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
- Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW)
- National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- AcademiaNet member since 14.03.2010
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Employed by
- Universität Konstanz
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Arts and humanities
Field
Languages
Area of specialisation
Historical anthropology of the media, generations in literature and society, conceptions of humanity, the history of reading, writing and memory
Research interests
Memory
Theory of cultural memory
Trauma
Distinctions and Awards
Research award for the humanities from the Philip Morris Foundation
Honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty, Oslo, Norway
Max Planck research award: history and memory
Paul Watzlawick Ring of Honour, Vienna, Austria
Languages
English, French, German, Latin, middle Egyptian
Doctorate
- 1977: Die Legitimität der Fiktion ("The legitimacy of fiction")
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 1982: Erinnerungsräume ("Memory spaces")
Short CV/Education and training
- Studied English and Egyptology at Heidelberg University and the University of Tübingen, Germany
- 1977PhD in English from Heidelberg University, and in Egyptology from the University of Tübingen
- 1992Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) at Heidelberg University
- Since 1993Professor of English and general literature at the University of Konstanz, Germany
Selected publications
Assmann, A.: Die Legitimität der Fiktion, 1980.
Assmann, A.: Erinnerungsräume, 1999, 2009.
Assmann, A.: Der lange Schatten der Vergangenheit. Erinnerungskultur und Geschichtspolitik, 2006.
Assmann, A.: Einführung in die Kulturwissenschaft. Grundbegriffe, Themen, Fragestellungen, 2006, 2008.
Assmann, A.: Geschichte im Gedächtnis: Von der individuellen Erfahrung zur öffentlichen Inszenierung, 2007.
Selected projects
Max Planck research award: history and memory
Memory and migration, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Collaboration with colleagues at ANU Canberra, Australia, 2010 – 2011
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
Member of the humanities section, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
Corresponding member of the philological-historical section, Göttingen Academy of Sciences
Corresponding member of the philosophical-historical section, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Member of the cultural-studies section, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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