Senior Advisory Board, advises the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees on specific issues:  

• Jerzy Axer: Professor and Director, Centre for Studies of the Classical Tradition, University of Warsaw (Classical Philology).
• Russell A. Berman: Professor (German Studies) and Associate Dean, Stanford University.
• Robert C. Darnton: Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of European History , Princeton University. 
• Richard Ernst: Professor emeritus, ETH Zürich (Physical Chemistry). Nobel Laureate. 
• Paul D. Hanson: Professor, Harvard University (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations) and Harvard Divinity School. Master, Winthrop House, Harvard University. 
• Gerald Holton: Professor, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Physics and History of Science). Millikan Medal; Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities. 
• Ulrich Müller-Herold: Professor, ETH Zürich (Chemistry and Environmental Sciences). 
• Gregory Nagy: Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University. Director, Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC. 
• A. J. Nicholls: Professor and Director, European Studies Centre, University of Oxford (History).
• Alan Ryan: Professor and Warden, New College, University of Oxford (Political Science). Fellow, British Academy.
• Joseph Schmucker-von-Koch: Professor, Universität Regensburg (Philosophy). Director, European Academy for Cultural and Social Affairs.