The Inter-Departmental Governance Board safeguards the Cluster’s institutional integration within Freie Universität Berlin. The board members examine and evaluate the Cluster’s activities based on the Cluster’s official reports and give recommendations concerning core activities.

• Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schneider, Dean, Department of Philosophy and Humanities
• Sonja Schneller, Managing Director, Department of Philosophy and Humanities
• Prof. Dr. Eun-Jeung Lee, Dean, Department of History and Cultural Studies
• Dr. Michael Vallo, Managing Director, Department of History and Cultural Studies
• Prof. Dr. Karin Gludovatz, Director, Dahlem Humanities Center
• Prof. Dr. Jutta Müller-Tamm, Director, Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies
• Prof. Dr. Max Steinhardt, Director, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies