!!Aleida Assmann - Curriculum Vitae \\ *1966-1972 studies in English Literature and Egyptology at the universities Heidelberg und Tübingen *1972 MA in English Literature and Egyptology (with honors) *1968-1975 excavation trips with Jan Assmann to Upper Egypt (Gurna, Luxor) *1973-1978 teaching courses at the English Seminar at Heidelberg University *1977 PhD in English Literature (Heidelberg) and in Egyptology (Tübingen) (summa cum laude) *1978-1981 replacement of an assistant position at the English Seminar of Mannheim University *1992 Habilitation in the Faculty of Modern Languages of Heidelberg University *1993 Chair for English Literature and Literary Theory at Knstanz University *2007Offer of a professorship at the German Department of Yale University (declined)