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| 1925 | September 18, born in Berlin as the daughter of Hermann Zimmer, an attorney at law, and his wife Anna Zimmer, née Johannsen. |
| 1932 | Accidental death of K. M.'s father. |
| 1935-1943: | High school in Berlin-Dahlem (Gertraudenschule) and Berlin-Wilmersdorf (Cecilienschule). |
| 1943-1948: | 9 Semesters of academic studies (interrupted by work in a hospital and other places during the last phase of World War II). Studies in Classics, German Philology, History, Art History, and Philosophy at Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Berlin (SS 43 WS 43/44), Universität Freiburg i. Brsg. (SS 44), Universität Mainz (SS 46) und Humboldt Universität in Berlin (WS 46/47-SS 48). |
| 1948 | Marriage to Momme Mommsen, Dr. phil., a former musician (conductor), and scholar of Classics and German Literature. |
| 1949-1961: | Research positions, together with Momme Mommsen, as Goethe scholars at the Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin [East] - until the erection of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961. |
| 1956 | Promotion to Dr. phil. at the Universität Tübingen (Diss. Goethe und 1001 Nacht) Ph.D. diploma (jpg) |
| 1962 | Promotion to Dr. phil. habil. at the Freie Universität Berlin. Venia legendi for German Philology (Privatdozentin) at the FU Berlin. Certificate (jpg) |
| Since 1963 | Lecture Tours to Islamic countries like Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunesia, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, and to other countries in Asia, Europe, and America. |
| 1965/66 | Visiting Professor at the Universität Giessen |
| 1966 | Visiting Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo (summer session) |
| 1966/67 | Visiting Professor at the Technische Universität Berlin. |
| 1969 | Apl. Prof. (Associate Professor) at the Freie Universität Berlin. Certificate (jpg) |
| 1970 | Professor of German at Carleton University Ottawa/Canada |
| 1973 | Visiting Professor at the University of California at San Diego |
| 1974 | Professor of German Studies at Stanford University, California. |
| 1974-79 | Member of the Executive Board for German Literature of the 18th and early 19th century of the Modern Language Association of America |
| 1975-80 | Vice President of the IVG (Internationale Vereinigung für Germanische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft) Stanford Report (pdf) |
| 1978-2010 | Editor of the Monograph Series: Germanic Studies in America |
| 1978-82 | Co-Editor of German Studies Review |
| 1979-2002 | Advisory Editorial Board Member of Michigan Germanic Studies |
| 1980 | American Citizenship |
| 1980 | Corresponding Member of the Berliner Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft in Berlin/Germany |
| 1980 | Corresponding Member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung in Darmstadt/Germany |
| 1982-1993 | Co-Editor, together with Prof. Jutta Goheen, for Abhandlungen zum Rahmenthema "Die Rolle der Frau in der deutschen Literatur und Sprache" in: Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik Jg. XIV - Jg. XXV . |
| 1985 | Recipient of the Albert Guérard Endowed Chair for Literature at Stanford University |
| 1991-1999 | Member of the Executive Committee of the Goethe-Gesellschaft in Weimar |
| 1994 | Corresponding Fellow of the University of London School of Advanced Study, Institute of Germanic Studies. |
| 2000 | Founder of the Mommsen Foundation for the Advancement of
Goethe Research. (Click here for more information about the Mommsen Foundation) |
| 2003 | Member of the International Advisory Board for the Publications of The English Goethe Society (PEGS) |
| 2003 | Member of the International Advisory Board for the International Edition of Doitsu Bungaku, Neue Beiträge zur Germanistik of the Japanische Gesellschaft für Germanistik. |
| 2006 | Corresponding Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Certificate (jpg) |
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