An international Advisory Board for the research project "Knowledge of the World - Heritage of Mankind: The History of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage" provides the academic interconnection required in the context of the case studies. The expertise of the members of the board covers the areas of environmental history, the history of the reception of the Middle Ages, the history of the memory of the Holocaust, the history of the Middle East (with an emphasis on Israel and Palestine), and the history of international organizations:

• Prof. Dr. Michael Brenner, Munich
• Prof. Dr. Jane Carruthers, Pretoria
• Prof. Dr. Madeleine Herren, Basel
• Prof. Dr. Frank Rexroth, Göttingen
• Prof. Dr. Nicholas Stargardt, Oxford