Wilfried Raussert is chair of North American and InterAmerican Studies at Bielefeld University, Germany. He is director of the International Association of Inter-American Studies and founder of the Black Americas Network. Olaf Kaltmeier is chair of Iberoamerican History at Bielefeld University, Germany. He is director of the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) and founding director of the Center for InterAmerican Studies (CIAS). Julia Roth is professor for American Studies with a focus on Gender Studies and Inter-American Studies at Bielefeld University, Germany. She is board a member of the Center for InterAmerican Studies (CIAS) and the Center for Interdisciplinary Gender research (IZG). Mirko Petersen is managing director of International Programs at Lüneburg University.