The advisory board of the Orient-Institut Beirut advises the institute on scientific questions, especially concerning the working programme, and advises the board of trustees of the DGIA on matters concerning the institute. The advisory board gives suggestions to fill the position of the institute’s directorate and gives advice on the employment of the academic personnel.
Currently, the advisory board includes the following members:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Derichs (Chair)
IAAW - Transregionale Südostasienstudien, Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Christian Lange (Deputy Chair)
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Universiteit Utrecht
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Demmelhuber
Institute for Political Science, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. Tim Epkenhans
Orientalisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Beatrice Gründler
Seminar for Semitic and Arabic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Laura Hindelang
Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Universität Bern
Prof. Dr. Birgit Krawietz
Institute of Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin