Dahlia Shehata, PhD University of Göttingen, completed her habilitation and is Assistant Professor at the University of Würzburg, where she teaches Sumerian, Akkadian, and Mesopotamian history. Her research explores Mesopotamian languages and culture, with particular emphasis on literature and music history.

Karen Sonik, PhD University of Pennsylvania, is Associate Professor at Auburn University. Her research explores Mesopotamian literature, with an emphasis on the Sumerian and Akkadian Gilgamesh narratives and Enuma elish, as well as the visual arts, aesthetics, and emotions in Mesopotamia.

Contributors are:
Johannes Bach, Gösta Gabriel, Stefan Jakob, Gina Konstantopoulos, Martin Lang, Anne Löhnert, Jamie Novotny, Dahlia Shehata, Karen Sonik and Selena Wisnom.