Dr. Anna-Lisa Dieter studied literature at universities in Germany, France and the USA, specialising in French literature. She received her doctorate with a thesis on the writer Stendhal and has taught literature at the universities of München and Konstanz, among others.

In 2018 she started working at the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum in Dresden. From 2019 to 2023, she was a curator at BIOTOPIA, the new natural history museum in München. She writes regularly for various newspapers, magazines and publishing houses. Her latest book Susan Sontag. 100 Seiten was published by Reclam in 2022.

Since January 2024, Anna-Lisa Dieter has been a curator at the Humboldt Labor at the Humboldt-Universität and is preparing an exhibition cycle on the “Elements”. It begins with an exhibition on “Water”, which is planned for autumn 2025.

Office: Humboldt Forum, Schloßplatz, Room: O1.066.B3