In 2008 a group of American university teachers was invited to visit Marbach and to examine the importance of its archive. In the end, the American Friends of Marbach (AFM) was founded.
Current AFM Board
Honorary Chairman: Walter Hinderer (Princeton University)
Executive Officers:
President: Meike G. Werner (Vanderbilt University)
Vice-President: Johannes von Moltke (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Treasurer: Carl Gelderloos (Binghamton University)
Secretary: Roland S. Kamzelak (DLA)
Executive Committee: Vance Byrd (Grinnell College), Devin Fore (Princeton University), Veronika Fuechtner (Dartmouth), Matthew Handelman (Michigan State University), Martha Helfer (Rutgers University), Laurie Johnson (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Venkat Mani (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Patrizia McBride (Cornell University), Kirk Wetters (Yale University)
Ex officio members: Heike Gfrereis (DLA, Head of the Museum) Roland S. Kamzelak (DLA, Deputy Director) Anna Kinder (DLA, Research Coordinator) Sandra Richter (DLA, Director)
The AFM Executive Committee organizes one symposium per year. For more information about AFM Executive Committee symposia, see our events page.