Governance
The Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies is part of the School of Advanced Study, whose governance is detailed on its website. The Institute is advised by its Advisory Council, whose current membership is as follows:
Ex officio Members
Professor Ann Caesar (University of Warwick) - Chair
Professor Bill Marshall - Director of the Institute
Professor Roger Kain - Dean of the School of Advanced Study
Professor Pól Ó Dochartaigh (University of Ulster) - President of the Association for German Studies
Professor James Coleman (Open University) - Chairman of the University Council of Modern Languages
Dr Godela Weiss-Sussex - Senior Lecturer/Convenor in Modern German Literature at the Institute
Dr Katia Pizzi - Senior Lecturer in Romance Studies (Italian)
Ms Andrea Meyer Ludowisy - Institute Librarian
Dr Johan Siebers - Representative Visiting Fellow at the Institute
Ms Arnhilt Höfle - Research Student Representative
Appointed Members from the University of London whose interests lie in the special fields represented by the Institute
Dr Sarah Cooper (King's College London) - Film Studies
Professor Jane Everson (Royal Holloway, University of London) - Italian
Professor Shirley Jordan (Queen Mary, University of London) - French
Dr Benedict Schofield (King's College London) - German
Professor Abigail Lee Six (Royal Holloway, University of London) - Spanish
Appointed Members from other Higher Education Institutions in the UK whose interests lie in the special fields represented by the Institute
Professor Christopher Duggan (University of Reading) - Italian/History
Professor Paul Garner (University of Leeds) - Spanish/Latin American
Professor Florence Myles (University of Essex) - French/Linguistics
Professor Hilary Owen (University of Manchester) - Portuguese/Luso-African
Professor Stephen Partridge (University of Dundee) - Media Art
Appointed Members in Areas of Public Life relevant to the Institute
Ms Susanne Bardgett (Imperial War Museum)
Ms Reeta Chakrabarti (BBC - Education and Social Affairs)
Mrs Elisabeth Kögler (Austrian Cultural Forum, London)
Dr Philippe Lane (Association for French Language Studies)
Em. Professor Laura Lepschy (University College London)
Mr Fidel Lopez Alvarez (Cultural Affairs, Embassy of Spain)
Mr John Pickford (BBC World Service)
Professor Dorothy Severin (Modern Humanities Research Association)
Em. Professor David Wells (Birkbeck College, University of London)
