Antje Vollmer Antje Vollmer Born in 1943, politician and publicist 1962 – 1968        Studied Protestant theology in Berlin, Heidelberg,                                Tübingen, and Paris 1969 – 1975  Assistant at Kirchliche Hochschule (an institution of higher  education for theology) in Berlin / second course of study in  adult education / parish work in Berlin-Wedding  1973  awarded doctorate (Dr. phil.) 1976 – 1982       Lecturer in rural education in Bielefeld-Bethel  1983 – 1990  Member of the parliamentary group of The Greens in the  German Bundestag, chairwoman of the parliamentary group  for some of this time 1991 – 1994  Worked as a publicist for the following newspapers and  magazines: Süddeutsche Zeitung, FAZ, Der SPIEGEL, Die  ZEIT, Stern etc. Worked in an epilepsy clinic in Bethel 1993/1994  Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin  1994 - 2005  Member of the Bundestag again and Vice-President of the  German Bundestag  Since 2005  Free publicist  Initiatives: 1984 ff.      Initiative to support those who suffered of forced labour                             during NS-Regime                                        1985 ff.      Dialogue with terrorists from the Red Army Fraction which                             continued until the group stopped fighting (1998) 1995 - 1999      Initiative for a reform of the law on foundations and endowments 1995 - 1997      Initiative for a German-Czech declaration of reconciliation Since 1995            Mediation between the Chinese government and the                             Dalai Lama with the aim of facilitating his return to Tibet 1999                     Co-initiator of the establishment of a Committee on                             Cultural Affairs of the German Bundestag. 1999                     Initiative for the youth project "Street Football                             for Tolerance", 2001     Co-initiator of the German-Chinese dialogue on the                            rule of law Since 2002     Hearings on the future of German theatre and German music 2009 – 2011         Round table about institutionalized children in the                              early 50/60th Honours: 1989          Carl von Ossietzky Medal  1996          CICERO speaker’s prize 1997          Medal of Charles University, Prague 1998          Hannah Arendt Prize      Prize for German-Czech reconciliation 2000/2001           Heinrich Heine visiting professor, University of Düsseldorf  2003                    Masaryk Order of the Czech Republic for services to German                            Czech reconciliation (awarded by President Vaclav Havel) 2003                    "German of the Year" of Werkstatt Deutschland 2008                    Gratias agit (awarded by Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg) 2009                    Visiting professor of University of Duisburg Publications: "Die Neuwerkbewegung. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Jugendbewegung des religiösen Sozialismus und der Arbeiterbildung" (The Neuwerk movement. A contribution to the history of the youth movement of religious socialism and workers’ education) (1973), "Clara Zetkin" (1975), "... und wehret Euch täglich. Ein grünes Tagebuch" (...and continue the resistance every day. A green diary) (1984), "Kein Wunderland für Alice - Frauenutopien" (No Wonderland for Alice – women’s utopias) (1986), "Die schöne Macht der Vernunft: Auskünfte über eine Generation" (The beautiful power of reason: information about a generation) (1991), "Heißer Frieden. Über Gewalt, Macht und das Geheimnis der Zivilisation" (Hot peace. On violence, power and the secret of civilisation) (1995), “Eingewandert ins eigene Land – Was von Rot-Grün bleibt! (An immigrant in my own country – What's left of the SPD-Green coalition) (2006) “Gott im Kommen?” (Is God realy coming? Against the religious fundamentalists) (2007). “Doppelleben. Heinrich und Gottliebe von Lehndorff im Widerstand gegen Hitler und von Ribbentrop” (Double live – Heinrich and Gottliebe von Lehndorff in resistance against Hitler and von Ribbentrop) (2010) Membership of bodies/offices held: Member of the German Society for Foreign Affairs. Board-member of different foundations, board-member of Kunst Werke Berlin, Christoph Schlingensiefs village-opera in Africa etc. Curriculum vitae