The IAA Board is drawn from a cross-section of the membership. There are regular opportunities to join the Board. IAA members who would like to become a member of the Board are requested to collect the support of 15 members.
The current IAA Board
The Board of the IAA currently consists of the following 15 members (see the By-laws Art. 4):
A. Three officers:
1) Elena Devecchi, Professor, University of Turin, Italy (president)
2) Amanda Podany, Professor Emeritus, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA (secretary)
3) Caroline Waerzeggers, Professor, University of Leiden, The Netherlands (treasurer)
B. Four elected members:
4) Shiyanthi Thavapalan, Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (head of the website team)
5) Jacob Lauinger, Professor, Johns Hopkins University, USA
6) Selim Ferruh Adalı, Professor, Social Sciences University of Ankara, Türkiye
7) Céline Debourse, Assistant Professor, Harvard University, USA
C. Three presidents of RAI organizing committees:
8) Jana Mynářová, Professor, Charles University, Czech Republic (Prague 2025)
9) Laith Hussein, Head of State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, Baghdad, Iraq (Baghdad 2026)
10) Strahil Panayotov, Assistant Professor, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria (Bulgaria 2027)
11) Nicole Brisch, Professor, University of Hamburg, Germany (Hamburg, 2028)
D. Four members of affiliated scholarly associations:
12) Karen Sonik, Professor, Auburn University, USA (ASPA)
13) Mark Weeden, Senior Lecturer, SOAS, London, Great Britain (BISI)
14) Claus Ambos, Professor, University of Würzburg, Germany (DOG)
15) Paola Paoletti, Lecturer, Bern University, Switzerland (SGOA)