Advisory Board
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. Anton Escher (Chair)
Geographisches Institut, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Prof. Dr. Bettina Dennerlein (Deputy Chair)
Orientalisches Seminar, Universität Zürich
Prof. Dr. Nadje Al-Ali
Center for Gender Studies, SOAS University of London
Prof. Dr. Claudia Derichs
Institut für Politikwisseschaft, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Prof. Dr. Beatrice Gründler
Seminar for Semitic and Arabic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Verena Klemm
Orientalisches Institut, Universität Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Christian Lange
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Universiteit Utrecht
Prof. Dr. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut