Aleida Assmann

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Aleida Assmann is a German cultural scientist and literary scholar renowned for her influential work on cultural memory and remembrance.

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Aleida Assmann canonical 2
Jan Assmann 1

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instanceOf cultural scientist
human
literary scholar
university teacher
awardReceived Balzan Prize
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
surface form: Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels

Heinrich-Mann-Preis
Karl Jaspers Prize
surface form: Karl-Jaspers-Preis
countryOfCitizenship Germany
educatedAt Heidelberg University NERFINISHED
University of Tübingen NERFINISHED
employer University of Konstanz NERFINISHED
familyName Assmann
fieldOfWork Anglistics
Egyptology
Holocaust remembrance
cultural memory
cultural studies
literary studies
memory studies
givenName Aleida
hasAcademicDiscipline cultural theory
literary theory
memory theory
influencedBy Jan Assmann
Maurice Halbwachs
knownFor research on remembrance culture
theory of cultural memory
work on collective memory
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
memberOf Academia Europaea
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
name Aleida Assmann self-link
nationality German
notableIdea distinction between communicative and cultural memory
notableWork Cultural Memory and Western Civilization
Das neue Unbehagen an der Erinnerungskultur
Der lange Schatten der Vergangenheit
Erinnerungsräume: Formen und Wandlungen des kulturellen Gedächtnisses
Geschichte im Gedächtnis
occupation author
essayist
literary scholar
professor
sexOrGender female
spouse Jan Assmann
workLocation Konstanz

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Peace Prize of the German Book Trade hasNotableRecipient Aleida Assmann
this entity surface form: Jan Assmann
Aleida Assmann name Aleida Assmann self-link