Aleida Assmann

Aleida Assmann (* 22. März 1947 in Gadderbaum, today Bielefeld), is a German anglicist, egyptologist and a scholar for literature and cutural studies. As a professor she lectured at Konstanz (since 1993). As a visiting professor she worked a.o. at the Rice University in Houston (2000), Princeton University in New Jersey (2001), Yale University in New Haven (2002, 2003, 2005), University of Wien and University of Chicago (2007). She is married to Johann Christoph Assman.