Governance
Institute Board of Elected Members (Institutsrat):
Institute Director
Lora Anne Viola
Professors
Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Frank Kelleter, Sebastian Kohl, Stefanie Müller, Max Steinhardt, Lora Anne Viola
Junior Faculty
Freya Rubel, Ria Wilken
Deputies: Alexander Starre, David Bosold
Staff
Gabi Bodmeier, Medea Seyder
Students
Abdulkhaliq Kakabay, June Tomiak
Deputies: Matthias Bösel, Luis Pintak, Sabrina Dörries, October Emilia Carvajal-Yiptong, Andrew Sokol, Enriko Simaku
Dean of Research
Stefanie Müller
Dean of Studies
David Bosold
Research Committee
Chair: Markus Kienscherf
James Dorson, Sebastian Jobs, Markus Kienscherf, Christian Lammert, 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, 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)