Members
The Board of Trustees consists of eleven members appointed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for a term of four years. According to the DGIA Act, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has the right to appoint four scientists, and the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft each have the right to appoint one scientist. The Stifterverband nominates a person closely associated with the humanities. The meetings of the Board of Trustees are each attended by two members of the Assembly of Directors and the Assembly of Advisory Board Chairs, the Executive Director and the respective representatives of the staff and scientific employees as permanent guests with the right to propose motions and speak. The members are currently:
Members
- President: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ute Frevert
- Deputy Chair:Prof. Dr. Kim Siebenhüner, Universität Jena
- Prof. Dr. Judit Árokay, Universität Heidelberg
- Prof. Dr. Sebastian Conrad, FU Berlin, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut
- Prof. Dr. Nikolas Jaspert, Universität Heidelberg
- Dr. Volker Meyer-Guckel, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
- Prof. Dr. Maren Röger, GWZO Leipzig
- Frau Andrea Stohr, Auswärtiges Amt
- Herr Ulrich Scharlack, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Prof. Dr. Tanja Michalsky, Bibliotheca Hertziana, MPI für Kunstgeschichte
- Prof. Dr. Judith Pfeiffer, Universität Bonn