Background
Weissberg, Liliane was born on July 15, 1953 in Vienna. Daughter of Roman and Franziska (Wilder) Weissberg.
Weissberg, Liliane was born on July 15, 1953 in Vienna. Daughter of Roman and Franziska (Wilder) Weissberg.
Master of Arts, Free University, Berlin, 1977. Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, Harvard University, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, Harvard University, 1984.
Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1989.
Lecturer linguistics and text theory, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, 1975-1977, 78; teaching fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1981; assistant professor German, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1983-1989; visiting professor literature, U. Hamburg, Germany, 1986; visiting associate professor German, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1989; visiting Moses Mendelssohn-Zentrum professor, visiting professor of history, U. Potsdam, Germany, 1992; associate professor German and comparative literature, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1989-1994; professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1994; visiting professor, U. Bochum, Germany, 1995. Member board examiners, faculty county Hochschule der Künste, 1976-1978. Member board humanities honors program Johns Hopkins University, 1987, 87-89, member of faculty advisory board women's studies program, since 1991, co-chairperson comparative literature and literature theory, 1992-1995, acting director women's studies program, spring 1993, chairperson comparative literature and literature theory, since 1995, member committees, Academy Advisory Council Leo Baeck Institute.
Member Poe Studies Association (Vice-President, program director 1987-1991, acting president 1990-1991, president 1992-1995).
Married Jerome E. Singerman, 1981.