The Academic Advisory Board of the Orient-Institut Istanbul advises the Institute on scholarly issues, in particular regarding the working program. It also advises the Board of Trustees of the Max Weber Foundation on matters concerning the Institute. It submits proposals for appointments to the Executive Board and advises on the recruitment of academic staff.

The Academic Advisory Board currently has the following members:

Chairman:

Prof. Dr. Christoph Schroeder
Universität Potsdam, Institut für Germanistik, Arbeitsbereich Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache

Deputy Chairwoman:

Prof. Dr. Nathalie Clayer
Centre d’Etudes Ottmanes, Balkaniques et Centrasiatiques, Paris

Advisory Board members:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hülya Adak
Sabancı Üniversitesi, Sanat ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Avrupa Çalışmaları

Prof. Dr. Burcu Doğramacı
Ludwig-Maximilian Universität München, Institut für Kunstgeschichte

Prof. Dr. Laurent Mignon
University of Oxford, Faculty of Oriental Studies

Prof. Dr. Irina Nevskaya
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Institut für Empirische Sprachwissenschaft

Prof. Dr. Henning Sievert
Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Islamwissenschaft

Prof. Dr. Akşin Somel
Sabancı Üniversitesi, Sanat ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Tarih

Prof. Dr. Alexandre Toumarkine
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco), Paris