Scientific Advisory Board

The work of the Research Library for Reformation Studies is supervised by a Scientific Advisory Board. This Board advises the shareholders on all scientific issues and contributes to the networking of the institution in the research landscape. The members are each appointed for six years. The Advisory Board that will be in office from 2025-2031, consists of:

 

Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board:

Prof. Dr Martin Keßler, holder of the Schlegel Professorship for Church History with a focus on the Reformation and Enlightenment, email: martin.kessler@uni-bonn.de

 

Deputy Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board:

Currently not occupied.

 

Other members of the Scientific Advisory Board:

Prof. Dr Kȩstutis Daugirdas, Scientific Director of the Johannes a Lasco Library Emden, email: daugirdas@jalb.de

 

Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Irene Dingel, Senior Research Professor at Johannes Gutenberg University and the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, email: dingel@uni-mainz.de

 

Prof. Dr Markus Friedrich, Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Hamburg, email: markus.friedrich@uni-hamburg.de

 

Dr. Grit Jacobs, Head of the Scientific Department, Collection, Research and Museum education, email: jacobs@wartburg.de

 

Prof. Dr Henrike Lähnemann, Chair of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics, email: henrike.laehnemann@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk

 

PD Dr Christopher Voigt-Goy, Spokesperson of Research Area 1 “Pluralisation and Marginality” at the Leibniz Institute of European History, Dept of Western Religious History, Mainz, email: voigt-goy@ieg-mainz.de

 

Prof. Dr Christoph Volkmar, Head of the Magdeburg City Archives, email: Christoph.Volkmar@sa.magdeburg.de

 

Prof. Dr Gerrit Walther, Professor of Modern History with a focus on the Early Modern Period at the University of Wuppertal, email: gerrit.walther@uni-wuppertal.de