The Melammu Project

The Heritage of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East

The Melammu Project board consists of scholars from a wide variety of disciplines related to the project's focus. The main function of the board members is to promote the project and its meetings in the academic community and to safeguard the continuity of the project. For that reason, although the exact board size can vary, the board always consists of equally sized groups of senior and junior scholars (loosely defined). These include the organizers of future events, proceedings and website editors, and others. The board is always elected for two years at one of the Melammu Symposia; the last election took place in 2022, at Melammu Symposia 15 in Graz.

Letter from the outgoing Chair and the incoming Chair

Current Board (2024-)

Sebastian Fink (Chair)
University of Innsbruck
Julian Degen (Vice-Chair)
University of Trier
Stéphanie Anthonioz
University of Lille
Ana Arroyo
Complutense University Madrid
Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum
Freie Universität Berlin
Edward Dabrowa
Jagiellonian University
Rocío Da Riva
University of Barcelona
Touraj Daryaee
University of California, Irvine
Kerstin Droß-Krüpe
Ruhr University Bochum
Ann Gunter
Northwestern University
Sven Günther
Northeast Normal University, Changchun
Liviu Iancu
The Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant Culture and Civilization
Sanae Ito
Nagoya University
Jörg Klinger
University of Berlin
Mait Kõiv
University Tartu
Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider
University of Wroclaw
Jakub Kuciak
University of Kraków
Martti Nissinen
University of Helsinki
Simonetta Ponchia
University of Verona
Robert Rollinger
University of Innsbruck
Laerke Recht
University of Graz
Kai Ruffing
University of Kassel
Christoph Schäfer
University of Trier
Rahim Shayegan
University of California, Los Angeles
Bernhard Schneider
University of Wroclaw
Wolfgang Spickermann
University of Graz
Clemens Steinwender
University of Innsbruck
Marissa Stevens
University of California, Los Angeles
Zozan Tarhan
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Luigi Turri
University of Verona
Krzysztof Ulanowski
University of Gdansk

Advisory Board

Tzvi Abusch
Brandeis University
Giovanni-Battista Lanfranchi
University of Padua
Simo Parpola
University of Helsinki
Kurt Raaflaub
Brown University
Josef Wiesehöfer
University of Kiel

Previous Boards

Board 2022-2024

Board 2019-2022

Board 2017-2019