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Governance

Institute Board of Elected Members (Institutsrat):

Institute Director

Sebastian Kohl

Professors

James Dorson, Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Frank Kelleter, Markus Kienscherf, Sebastian Kohl, Max Steinhardt, Lora Anne Viola

Junior Faculty

Clara Heinrich, Jonas von Ciriacy-Wantrup

Deputies: Martin Lüthe, David Bosold

Staff

Gabi Bodmeier, Medea Seyder

Students

Thilo Prange, Julius Wolf

Deputies: Salome von Stolzmann, Lino Lacalandra


Dean of Research

Max Steinhardt


Dean of Studies

David Bosold


Research Committee

Chair: Markus Kienscherf

James Dorson, Sebastian Jobs, Markus Kienscherf, Curd Knüpfer, Medea Seyder, external member: Andrew Gross


Library Committee

Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Frank Kelleter, Maria Mildner, Medea Seyder, Max Steinhardt


Exam Review Committe

Member Deputy
Professors
Kelleter, Frank Steinhardt, Max
Kienscherf, Markus (Chairman) Viola, Lora Anne
Knüpfer, Curd Gienow-Hecht, Jessica
Kunkel, Sönke (BA-Representative) Kohl, Sebastian
Academic staff
Bosold, David (Studiendekan) Lüthe, Martin (MA-Representative)
Student
Janausch, Rosalie Fischer, Joel
Other staff
Specht, Verena Bodmeier, Gabi

Academic Committee

Students:  Svietlana Bozoian, Julius Wolf (Chair), June Tomiak (Deputy)

Professor: Sönke Kunkel

Academic staff: David Bosold, Alexander Starre

Other staff: Verena Schulze-Knoll


Budget & Personnel Management

Chair: Sebastian Kohl

Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Frank Kelleter, Markus Kienscherf, Sönke Kunkel, Christian Lammert, Medea Seyder, Max Steinhardt, Lora Anne Viola, Birte Wege


Equal Opportunities

Chair: Verena Specht 

Sarah Dasouki, Anne Hecht, Lora Anne Viola, Birte Wege, N.N. (student)


Computer Resources

Christian Lammert

Deputies: Alexander Starre


Website

Alexander Starre


Keyuser CMS

Alexander Starre

Deputy: Regina Götz


Newsletter

Birte Wege


European Academic Exchange Coordinator (Erasmus+)

Gabi Bodmeier


Ombudsman for PhD Students

Frank Kelleter

Deputy: David Bosold


Mentoring, Magister

Advisory support by the exam review committee


Research Reports (German Association for American Studies, DGfA)

Marie Bergeron


Canadian Studies

Coordination of the Canadian Studies Task Force: Jessica Gienow-Hecht


American Studies Network

Frank Kelleter


Elections Committee

Chair: Christian Lammert

Marie Bergeron, Kerstin Brunke, Regina Götz, Cyntia Kossmann, Julius Wolf


Internships and General Professional Skills (ABV)

David Bosold


Willi Paul Adams Prize for the best M.A. Thesis

Chair: Sebastian Jobs

Hanna Spahn (until 2025/03/31), Osman Demirbağ, Yue Louise Hu, Christian Lammert
(from 2025/04/01: Alexander Starre, Birte Wege)


Berlin Program

Lora Anne Viola (deputy chairwoman), Harald Wenzel (Member of the advisory board)