Steering group
The steering group oversees network organisation, with a focus on the regular GSSN symposium, film talks, schools initiatives and current research. Following the launch of a membership scheme in 2016, steering group members will be elected at the members’ Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Current members of the steering group are:
Chair: Professor Erica Carter, King’s College London
Treasurer and Membership Secretary: Dr Alasdair King, Queen Mary, University of London
Maren Hobein (Project Coordinator for Film, Goethe-Institut London)
Dr Martin Brady, King’s College London
Dr Michael Cowan, University of St Andrews (Website advisor)
Professor Andrew Webber, University of Cambridge (research advisor)
Dr Florian Lippert, University of Groningen
Dr Rachel Palfreyman, University of Nottingham
Dr Annie Ring, University College London
Dr Helmut Schmitz, University of Warwick
Dr Helen Hughes, University of Surrey
Dr Eleanor Halsall, King’s College London
Schools:
Dr Elizabeth Ward, Nottingham Trent University (Schools liaison)
Institutional partners:
The GSSN is based in the Department of German at King’s College London; it has been generously financed since 2012 by the Department and by the School of Arts and Humanities at King’s. The network also receives substantial financial and in-kind support from:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Goethe-Institut London
German Embassy London
Austrian Cultural Forum
Founding universities:
Founding partner universities (2012-2016) are:
University of Kent, Department of Film Studies
University of Birmingham, Institute for German Studies
Royal Holloway, Department of Media Arts
University of Cambridge, Department of German and Dutch
University of Leeds, Department of German
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London, School of Language, Linguistics and Film
Kings College London
University of Cambridge
Association for German Studies