The Board of Representatives

According to the general assembly bylaws, the elected board advocates on behalf of doctoral candidates from the faculties of philology and philosophy in other representative bodies. As the board of representatives, we act as a communicative link between doctoral candidates and other university bodies and in this role draw attention to doctoral candidates’ interests at faculty and university levels. Furthermore, we seek to connect doctoral candidates between the two faculties and network among the representatives and boards from other faculties’ general assembly of doctoral candidates.

We serve as a first contact when it comes to questions regarding doctoral studies and when necessary, we can help you get in touch with other contacts to have your questions answered.

We can support you with the following topics and concerns:

Change of supervisor
Problems with the examination office
Difficult supervision situation
University-internal political matters
Questions on financing a PhD
Applying for an extension of submission deadline
Networking between PhD students
Organisational questions, e.g. PhD admission, PhD submission.

The current board of representatives is comprised of the following general assembly members:

Hanna Mahler (English Studies, Faculty of Philology)
Melanie Reinhard (Romance Languages and Literature, Faculty of Philology)
Joshua Burgert (Greek Studies, Faculty of Philology)
Kristina Seefeldt (English Studies, Faculty of Philology)
Lea von Berg Steinbrecher (German Studies/History, Faculty of Philology)
Sophie Bantle (English Studies, Faculty of Philology)

Former board members:

Tony Franzky (Media Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philology)
Marcos Guntin
Franziska Hohlstein (Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy)
Bianca Blum (Slavic Studies, Faculty of Philology)
Catharina Graßau (German, Faculty of Philology)
Kathrin Sandhöfer (German, Faculty of Philology)
Johannes Waldschütz (History, Faculty of Philosophy)
Katja Plachov (Slavic Studies, Faculty of Philology)
Moritz Rathjen (Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy)
Laura Ritter (History, Faculty of Philosophy)
Lina Riegel (Study of Romance Languages, Faculty of Philology)
Sebastian Kleinschmidt (English, Faculty of Philology)
Ingo Henneberg (Political Studies, Faculty of Philosophy)
Anne-Kathrin Weber (Political Studies, Faculty of Philosophy)
Lukas Maximilian Müller (Political Studies, Faculty of Philosophy)
Ursula Ziaja (English, Faculty of Philology)
Michelle Thompson (Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy)
Benjamin Torn (History, Faculty of Philosophy)
Deborah Wolf (Media Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philology)
Theresa Ehret (History, Faculty of Philosophy)
Johanna Hügel (International Graduate School, GRK1956)