Friends of the IAI
The association Freunde des Ibero-Amerikanischen Institutes e.V. (Friends of the Ibero-American Institute) was founded in April 2000 in order to support the work of the institute. The Freunde des IAI have enriched the institute's cultural offerings with a variety of events, including talks about cultural and political issues, films, lectures and homages. In addition to that, the association Freunde des IAI enabled the institute to purchase rare books and expand its library collections. It has also helped finance important publications and larger events. Thanks to the association’s ongoing funding, the IAI has been able to set up the first comprehensive collection of Latin American film in Germany (IAI film collection).
Become a member of the Freunde des IAI!
Annual membership dues are €25. Please send an e-mail to
Freunde@iai.spk-berlin.de or call +49 30 266 45 1400 in order to receive membership documents.
You can click the following links to download the information about the association, the association's membership form, statutes, annual events program or the catalog of the film collection. (Documents are currently only available in German.)
Board
Prof. Dr. Thomas Bremer (first chairman, Halle)
Peter B. Schumann (executive chairman, Berlin)
Steffen Berthold (treasurer, Berlin)
Peter Werner Schulze (secretary, Berlin)
Dr. Barbara Göbel (ex officio, Berlin), Dr. Gerhard Haupt (Berlin), Prof. Dr. Gabriele Knauer (Berlin), Prof. Dr. Susanne Klengel (Berlin) Prof. Dr. Karl Kohut (Berlin), Christoph G. Schmitt (Hamburg), Prof. Dr. Berthold Zilly (Berlin)
Honorary Committee
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Carlos Fuentes (Mexico)
Prof. Dr. Héctor Aguilar Camín (Mexico), Manuel Antín (Argentina), Jacobo Borges (Venezuela), Dr. Ernesto Cardenal (Nicaragua), Prof. Dr. German Carrera Damas (Venezuela), Bernardo Carvalho (Brazil), Prof. Dr. Jean Franco (USA), José Xavier Martini (Argentina), Ángeles Mastretta (Mexico), Leonardo Padura (Cuba), Dr. José María Pérez Gay (Mexico), Sergio Ramírez (Nicaragua), Rosa Regàs (Spain), Prof. Dr. Sergio Paulo Rouanet (Brazil), Prof. Dr. Beatriz Sarlo (Argentina), Prof. Antonio Skármeta (Chile), Prof. Dr. David Sobrevilla (Peru)