The Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees monitors the legality, appropriateness, and economic efficiency of the management. It has a comprehensive right to information and decides on all fundamental matters concerning the institute.

It comprises representatives of the federal states, the federal government, universities, and research institutions, as well as four individuals elected by the general assembly.

Representatives of the institutions

Dr. Dorothee Lux (Chair)

Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture

Stefan Schmitt-Hüttebräuker (Vice chair)

Federal Ministry of the Interior

Dr. Tim Metje

Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism

Dr. Clemens Escher

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space

Prof. Dr. Maren Röger

Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe

Prof. Dr. Katharina Lorenz

Justus Liebig University Giessen

Prof. Dr. Thomas Nauss

Marburg University

Prof. Dr. Ira Spieker

Johann Gottfried Herder Research Council

Prof. em. Dr. Martin Sabrow (Senior Fellow)

Leibniz Center for Contemporary History Research Potsdam

Prof. Dr. Karsten Brüggemann

Baltic Historical Commission