Prof. Dr. Dr. Aleida Assmann, Universität Konstanz
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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
  • AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria


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

  • 1977
    PhD in English from Heidelberg University, and in Egyptology from the University of Tübingen

  • 1992
    Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) at Heidelberg University

  • Since 1993
    Professor 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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