Christina Weiss

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Christina Weiss

Christina Weiss (born December 24, 1953 in St. Ingbert ) is a German journalist and non-party politician . From 2002 to 2005 she was the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media .

education and profession

After graduation in 1972 Christina Weiss graduated in Comparative Literature ( comparative literature ), German , Italian philology and art history at the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken , which she finished 1,977th She then worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Comparative Literature at Saarland University until 1984. Here in 1982 was carried out their graduation to Dr. phil. with the work visual texts. To expand the concept of text in concrete and post-concrete visual texts . From 1979 she also worked as a freelance literature and art critic. From 1984 to 1986 she was a research assistant at the University of Siegen (that was the name at the time). In 1987 she switched to the art magazine Art as an editor and from 1988 to 1991 she was a literary and art critic for the Süddeutsche Zeitung , Die Zeit , Südwestfunk and Deutschlandfunk . From 1989 to 1991 she was also director of the Hamburg Literature House . Since 1989 she has been a member of the Free Academy of the Arts Hamburg .

In 2006 Christina Weiss was appointed honorary professor for general and comparative literature at Saarland University. She is involved in the board of trustees of the European Youth Parliament in Germany. V. and has been chairwoman of the Association of Friends of the National Gallery since March 10, 2008 . Since 2008, it has had its own series of events at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB): four times a year there is a discussion round with changing interlocutors, which is broadcast on public holidays on the RBB.

Public offices

On June 26, 1991 Christina Weiss was elected to the Senate led by the First Mayor Henning Voscherau as the Senator for Culture of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg . From December 15, 1993 to November 12, 1997 she was also head of the Senate Office for Equal Opportunities. After the red-green coalition under Mayor Ortwin Runde (since 1997) lost its majority in the 2001 mayor elections, it left the Senate in November 2001.

After the 2002 elections , it was on 22 October 2002 as Minister of State in the Federal Chancellery and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media in by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder led government appointed. On November 22, 2005, she left office. During her tenure, she made a special contribution to experimental art and culture in the capital. It also initiated the reform of film funding , which was accompanied by the establishment of the German Film Academy .

Since 2006 she has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade , which is awarded annually at the Frankfurt Book Fair . She is chairwoman of the board of trustees of the Allianz Kulturstiftung , member of the board of trustees of the Hanne Darboven Foundation , member of the board of trustees of the Schering Foundation (Berlin) and member of the PEN Center Germany .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ U. a. on Kandinsky , Malewitsch and Suprematist painting, De Stijl and Max Bill , on Carlo Belloli , Öyvind Fahlström , the Noigandres group and Eugen Gomringer . Modern art publishing house , Nuremberg 1984 ISBN 3922531326
  2. ↑ Report at Christina-Weiss.com , s. also available on Uni-Saarland.de , accessed on February 17, 2020
  3. ↑ 2007 Aleksandr Men Prize , accessed April 10, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Weiss, Christina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and politician (non-party)
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Ingbert