The Steering Committee consists of the representatives of the Cluster’s international cooperation partners. The committee members advise the Executive Board on issues relating to the development and implementation of the Cluster’s international network. Furthermore, the Steering Committee assists in identifying distinguished candidates for fellowships

• Dr. Joshua Davies, Lecturer in Medieval Literature, King’s College London (UK)
• Prof. Dr. Bishnupriya Dutt, Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Dehli (India)
• Prof. Dr. Timothy Hampton, Aldo Scaglione and Marie M. Burns Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and French, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
• Prof. Dr. Ananya Jahanara Kabir, Professor of English Literature, King's College London (UK)
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Keppler-Tasaki, Professor of Modern German Literature, University of Tokyo (Japan)
• Prof. Dr. Clare Lees, Professor of Medieval Literature, University of London (UK)
• Prof. Dr. David Lurie, Wm. Theodore and Fanny Brett de Bary and Class of 1941 Collegiate Professor of Asian Humanities and Associate Professor of Japanese History and Literature, Columbia University (USA)
• Prof. Dr. Tanja Michalsky, Director, Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck Institute for Art History, Rome (Italy)
• Prof. Dr. Claus Kurt Zittel, Associate Professor of German Literature, BemboLab, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (Italy)