The Jury selected by the Academy of the German Non-Fiction Prize

Michael Hagner
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Prof. Dr. Michael Hagner
Christiane Hoffmann
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Christiane Hoffmann
Michael Lemling steht vor Buchregalen in seiner Buchhandlung
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Michael Lemling
Manuela Lenzen
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Dr. Manuela Lenzen
Patricia Rahemipour
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Prof. Dr. Patricia Rahemipour
Heike Schmoll spricht in ein Mikrofon
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Heike Schmoll
Katrin Vohland
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Dr. Katrin Vohland
Prof. Dr. Michael Hagner

Prof. Dr. Michael Hagner

Michael Hagner has been professor of science studies at ETH Zurich since 2003. His research interests lie in the history of the humanities, the relationship between science and democracy, the history of photography (and, more generally, of visualisation in the sciences), as well as the history of books. His recent book publications include “Die Lust am Buch” (“The Pleasure of Books”) (2nd ed., Berlin 2019) and “Foucaults Pendel und wir. Anlässlich einer Installation von Gerhard Richter” (“Foucaultʼs Pendulum and Us. On the Occasion of an Installation by Gerhard Richter“) (Cologne 2021).

Christiane Hoffmann

Christiane Hoffmann

Christiane Hoffmann is a journalist and author. Since the beginning of 2022, she has been First Deputy Spokesperson of the Federal Government and Deputy Head of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government of Germany. As a journalist, she worked for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung in Frankfurt and Berlin from 1994 to 2012, and as a foreign correspondent in Moscow (1996–1999) and Tehran (2000–2004). From 2013 to 2022, she was in the Berlin office of Der Spiegel, where she initially worked as deputy director and later as author and responsible for the opinion section. In this role, Hoffmann frequently commented on current political events for the broadcasters ARD, ZDF and Phoenix. Hoffmann studied Slavic studies, Eastern European history and journalism at the universities of Freiburg, Hamburg and Leningrad. She is the author of the books “Hinter den Schleiern Irans” (DuMont, 2007) and “Alles, was wir nicht erinnern” (C.H.Beck, 2022).

Michael Lemling

Michael Lemling

Michael Lemling has been managing director of the Munich bookshop “Buchhandlung Lehmkuhl” since 2006. After studying German language and literature and political science in Trier and Marburg, he trained as a bookseller at the bookshop “Roter Stern” in Marburg. He subsequently held management positions in the bookshops “Buchhandlung am Markt” in Marburg and “Carolus” in Frankfurt. From 2001 to 2006, he was chairperson of the Hessian regional association of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers and Booksellers Association). He was a member of the board of the Bavarian regional association of the Börsenverein from 2009 to 2015, and served as its chairperson in 2014 and 2015. He is co-spokesperson of the IG Meinungsfreiheit (Interest Group on Freedom of Expression) of the Börsenverein.

Dr. Manuela Lenzen

Dr. Manuela Lenzen

Manuela Lenzen has a doctorate in philosophy from Bielefeld University and, as a freelance science journalist and non-fiction author, writes primarily about cognitive research and artificial intelligence. Her most recent book “Der elektronische Spiegel. Menschliches Denken und künstliche Intelligenz” (C.H.Beck Verlag) was published in 2023.

Prof. Dr. Patricia Rahemipour

Prof. Dr. Patricia Rahemipour

Patricia Rahemipour is director of the Institute for Museum Research at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (National Museums in Berlin, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation). Prior to this, she headed the department of science communication at the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, in the areas of education, archive, publishing and library; she was also head of the Botanical Museum. Ms Rahemipour studied prehistory and early history, classical archaeology and philosophy and received her doctorate in prehistory and early history on the science-historical topic “Archäologie im Scheinwerferlicht. Die Visualisierung der Prähistorie im Film 1895-1930” (“Archaeology in the Spotlight. The Visualisation of Prehistory in Film 1895–1930”). She is chairperson of the Berliner Museumsverband (Association of Museums in Berlin).

Heike Schmoll

Heike Schmoll

Heike Schmoll studied German language and literature and Protestant theology in Heidelberg, Tübingen and Munich. Since 1989, she has been editor in the political department of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. She was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology in Tübingen in 2002 and the Deutscher Sprachpreis (German Language Prize) of the Henning Kaufmann Foundation in 2005. She is responsible for school and university policy. Responsible for the “Bildungswelten” page of FAZ, she has been a correspondent in Berlin since March 2008. She received the Hessischer Kulturpreis (Hessian Culture Prize) in 2018 and the Deutscher Schulbuchpreis (German Textbook Prize) in 2023.

Dr. Katrin Vohland

Dr. Katrin Vohland

Katrin Vohland has been director general and scientific director of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NHM Wien) since 1 June 2020. Previously, she was head of the research area museum and society at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN; Natural History Museum). She holds a doctorate in biology and her work has focused on citizen science and biodiversity research.

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