Prof. Dr. Christina Weiss
Born in 1953 in St. Ingbert/Saarin. In 2006 she was nominated as a Honorary Professor for Comparative Studies at the University of Saarland, Saarbrücken. Since 2008 she organizes her own event series at the Literary Colloquium Berlin: Four times per year a round tabel with various dialogue partners is hold and broadcasted at the RBB during public holidays. By the end of November 2008 she was officially appointed to become the new Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Allianz Cultural Foundation.
© Thomas Kierok
| 1972-1977 | Study of Comparative Literature, German Studies, Italian Language and Literature and Art History at the University of Saarland, Saarbrücken |
| 1977-1984 | Member of academic staff with lectureship at the Institute for Comparative Literature at the University of Saarland |
| 1982 | Awarded Doctorate of Philosophy at the Arts Faculty of the University of Saarland for the subject of Comparative Literature Subject of dissertation:"Visual texts. Expanding on the concept of text in concrete and post-concrete visual texts." |
| 1984-1986 | Member of academic staff at the University of Siegen (institution with colleges teaching at various levels) with lectureship for the subject of General Literary Studies |
| 1987 | Editor of the art magazine ART |
| 1988-1991 | Literary and art critic for the newspapers Süddeutsche Zeitung and DIE ZEIT and the radio stations Südwestfunk and Deutschlandfunk |
| 1991-2001 | Senator for Culture of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg;Also Senator for Gender Equality from 1993 - 97 |
| 2002-2005 | State Minister at the Federal Chancellery for Media and Culture |
| 2005 | Work as a publicist |
| 2006 | Nomination as a Honorary Professor for Comparative Studies at the University Saarland, Saarbrücken |
Appointments:
| . | Member of the Advisory Board of the European Youth Parliament in Germany e.V. |
| . | Member of the Board of Trustees of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade |
| Since 2006 | Member of the Board of Trustees of the Allianz Cultural Foundation |
| . | Member of the Executive Board of the Comité d'étude des relations franco-allemandes, Paris |
| Since 2008 | Chairwoman of the Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie |
| Since 2008 | Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Allianz Cultural Foundation |
