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) Walther Sallaberger, Professor, University of Munich, Germany (president)
2) Jacob Lauinger, Professor, Johns Hopkins University, USA (secretary)
3) Caroline Waerzeggers, Professor, University of Leiden, The Netherlands (treasurer)
B. Five elected members:
4) Shiyanthi Thavapalan, Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands (head of the website team)
5) Laith Hussein, Head of State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, Baghdad, Iraq
6) Jan Tavernier, Assistant Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
7) Selim Adali, Professor, University of Ankara, Turkey
8) Céline Debourse, Assistant Professor, Harvard University, USA
C. Three presidents of RAI organizing committees:
9) Alexander Pruß, Professor, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (Frankfurt-Mainz 2020/22)
10) Saana Svärd, Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland (Helsinki 2024)
11) Jana Mynářová, Professor, Charles University, Czech Republic (Prague 2025)
D. Four members of affiliated scholarly associations:
12) Karen Sonik, Professor, Auburn University, USA (AOS)
13) Mark Weeden, Senior Lecturer, SOAS, London, Great Britain (BISI)
14) Claus Ambos, Lecturer, University of Würzburg, Germany (DOG)
15) Annick Payne, Postdoctoral Researcher, Bern University, Switzerland (SGOA)