
Rafeq,
Abdul-Karim (Syria)
spec. modern Arab history; Former Chairman and Professor of
modern Arab history, Department of History, University of
Damascus; Bickers Professor of Arab Middle East Studies, College
of William and Mary, Virginia.
Volumes: 5

Rector,
Monica (Brazil/United States of America)
spec. linguistics and communication, Universidade Federal
Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro; presently Associate Professor,
Department of Romance Languages, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill.
Volumes: 2

Reineke,
Walter F. (Germany)
spec. Egyptology and ancient history of sciences; Professor,
Berlin-Brandenburgian Academy of Sciences, Dept. Berlin Dictionary
of Egyptian Language.
Volumes: 2

Riché, Pierre
(France)
spec. early medieval religious and cultural history of early
Western Europe; Emeritus Professor, l'Université Paris X-Nanterre;
Residing Member, la Société nationale des Antiquaires
de France; Member of the Medieval History department and philology,
Comité Des travaux historiques et scientifiques.
Volumes: 4

Ries,
Julien (Belgium)
spec. history of religions; Professor Emeritus, University
of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium); Director of Centre d'histoire
Des religions, Louvain-la-Neuve.
Volumes: 2

Rodriguez
Sanchez, Angel (Spain)
spec. social modern history of Spain (sixteenth-eighteenth
centuries); Professor, Salamanca University; Corresponding
member of the Royal Academy of History.
Volumes: 5


Sadurska,
Anna (Poland)
spec. classical archaeology; Professor, University of Warsaw.
Volumes: 3

Sakellariou,
Michael (Greece)
spec. ancient Greek history; formerly Professor in the University
of Thessaloniki and Director of the Centre for Greek and Roman
Antiquity, Athens. Member, Academy of Athens; Foreign member,
Accademia Nationale dei Lincei; corresp. Member Académie Des
Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and Accademia Pontaniana; President,
Foundation for Hellenic Culture.
Volumes: 2

Sanders, William
T. (United States of America)
spec. anthropology and Mesoamerican prehistory; Professor,
Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University.
Volumes: 2,
4

Salbi, Kamal
(Lebanon)
Professor of History and Director of the Centre for Arab and
Middle Eastern Studies of the American University of Beirut;
Director of the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies in
Amman (Jordan).
Volumes: 4

Sall, Babacar
(Senegal)
spec. ancient civilisations of the Nile Valley; Dept. of History,
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar.
Volumes: 2

Sánchez Martínez,
Manuel (Spain)
spec. history of Al-Andalus and late medieval Spain; Researcher,
CSIC (Institución Milá y Fontanals), Barcelona, Spain.
Volumes: 4

Sanders, William
T. (United States of America)
spec. anthropology and Mesoamerican prehistory; Professor,
Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University.
Volumes: 3,
4

Sanoja Obediente,
Mario (Venezuela)
spec. archaeology and anthropology of the northern part of
South America; Research Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, United
States National Museum in Washington, DC. Member, National
Academy of History, Venezuela
Volumes: 1,
2, 3

Saraya, Dhida
(Thailand)
spec. history of Thailand and South-east Asia; Associate Professor,
Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University.
Volumes: 3

Sarianidi,
Victor (Russian Federation)
spec. archaeology of Central Asia; Member, Institute of Archaeology,
Russian Academy of Sciences.
Volumes: 2

Savory, Roger
M. (Canada)
spec. history of Iran from the thirteenth century to present;
Emeritus Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern
Civilizations; University of Toronto; Fellow, The Royal Society
of Canada (Academy II).
Volumes: 5

Al-Sayyed,
Azmi Taha (Jordan)
Professor, Department of Philosophy, AL-al Bayt University,
Mafraq (Jordan).
Volumes: 4

Schávelzon,
Daniel (Argentina)
spec. urban historical archaeology; Director, Centre of Urban
Archaeology, University of Buenos Aires; Trustee, National
Commission of Historical Monuments and Sites.
Volumes: 4

Schild, Romuald
(Poland)
spec. archaeology of north and East Africa; Director-General
of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of the History
of Material Culture.
Volumes: 1

Schmidt, Paul
(Mexico)
spec. Mesoamerican archaeology; Research Associate, National
University of Mexico.
Volumes: 4

Sedov, Valentin
Vasilevic (Russian Federation)
spec archaeology of Eastern Europe and ethnogenesis of Slavs;
Professor, Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Sciences,
Moscow.
Volumes: 3

Seneviratne,
Sudharshan (Sri Lanka)
spec. ancient Sri Lankan and Indian history; Professor, University
of Peradeniya (Kandy).
Volumes: 3

Shanwan, Younes
(Jordan)
spec. Andalusian (Arabic-Spanish) literature; Chairman of
the Arabic Department at Yarmouk University, Jordan.
Volumes: 4

Sharma, R.
S. (India)
spec. social and economic history of early India; Professor,
University of Jawaharlal Nehru (New Delhi).
Volumes: 3

Shepherd,
Robert (United Kingdom)
spec. history of mining during prehistoric and Roman times;
mining engineer.
Volumes: 1

Sherratt,
Andrew (UK)
spec. Old World archaeology and history, especially prehistoric
Europe; Senior Keeper, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.
Volumes: 2

Shinnie,
Peter L. (Canada)
spec. archaeology of the Nile Valley and West Africa; Emeritus
Professor, University of Calgary.
Volumes: 3

Silva, Kingsley
M. de (Sri Lanka)
spec. Sri Lankan history; formerly Professor, Sri Lankan History,
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Executive Director, International
Centre for Ethnic Studies, Kandy.
Volumes: 4

Sinor, Denis
(United States of America)
spec. early and medieval history of Inner Asia, comparative
Altaic linguistics; Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Uralic
and Altaic Studies, Indiana University; Honorary Member, Hungarian
Academy of Sciences.
Volumes: 3

Sivin, Nathan
(United States of America)
spec. Chinese science and medicine; Professor of Chinese Culture
and History of Science, University of Pennsylvania.
Volumes: 3

Skowron, Zbigniew
(Poland)
spec. history of ancient music; Lecturer, University of Warsaw.
Volumes: 3

Smart, Ninian
(United States of America)
spec. South Asian and comparative religions; J. F. Rowny Professor
of Comparative Religions, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Volumes: 3,
5

Soejono, R.
P. (Indonesia)
spec. prehistory of Indonesia; Professor, Faculty of Letters,
University of Indonesia; Research Scientist, National Research
Centre of Archaeology.
Volumes: 3

Solheim, Wilhelm
G., II (United States of America)
spec. prehistory of South-east Asia; Director, Centre for
South-east Asia, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Volumes: 1,
2

Soumonni,
Elisée. (Republic of Benin)
spec. West African pre-colonial history; former Head of Department
of History and Archaeology, National University of Benin,
Abomey-Calavi.
Volumes: 5

Sourguladze,
Akaky (Republic of Georgia) deceased
spec. medieval and modern history of Georgia; former Professor,
University of Tbilissi; former member, Georgian Academy of
Sciences.
Volumes: 5

Souza, Laura
de Mello e (Brazil)
spec. cultural and social history of colonial Brazil; Professor,
History Department, University of Săo Paulo.
Volumes: 5

Stolman, James
B. (United States of America)
spec. prehistory of Eastern North America; Professor, University
of Wisconsin-Madison.
Volumes: 4

Suchitta,
Pornchai (Thailand)
spec. South-east Asian prehistory; former Assistant Professor,
Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakom
University (Bangkok).
Volumes: 3

Sundermann,
Werner (Germany)
spec. Middle Iranian languages and literature, i.a. of the
Turfan region, history of Central Asia; Research Fellow of
Akademievorhaben Turfanforschung, Berlin-Brandenburgische
Akademie der Wissenschaften; Honorary Professor, Institut
für Iranistik, Freie Universität Berlin.
Volumes: 3


Tafazzoli,
Ahmad (Iran) (the late)
Professor of Ancient Iranian Studies at the University of
Teheran; Vice-president of the Persian Academy of Language
and Literature; Recipient of an honorary degree from the State
University of St Petersburg (1996).
Volumes: 4

Tapakova-Zaimova,
Vasilka (Bulgaria)
spec. Balkan and Byzantine history; former Head of the 'Mediaeval
Byzantium and Balkan Peoples' section, Institute of Balkan
Studies; Professor Extraodinaire, Universities of Veliko Tarnovo
and Sofia and at the Academy of Fine Arts; Member, International
Association of South-east European Studies.
Volumes: 3,
4

Tasic,
Nikola (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
spec. prehistory of Central and South-east Europe; Director
of the Institute for Balkan Studies, Member of the Serbian
Academy of Sciences and Arts; Active member of the European
Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Volumes: 2

Tchernjak,
E. (Russian Federation)
spec. history of international relations in the sixteenth
- eighteenth centuries; Professor, Institute of General History,
Russian Academy of Sciences.
Volumes: 5

Tekeli,
Sevim (Turkey)
spec. history of sciences; Professor, Bilkent University;
Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Letters, University of Ankara;
Head of the Committee for the History of Science.
Volumes: 5

Temimi,
Abdeljelil (Tunisia)
spec. Ottoman and Moriscos studies; Professor, University
of Tunis; Director and Founder of Foundation Temimi pour la
Recherche Scientifique et lInformation.
Volumes: 5

Thapar,
B.K. (India)
spec. archaeology of West and South Asia, particularly the
Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods. Former Director-General,
Archaeological Survey of India; presently Chairman, Centre
for Cultural Resources and Training; Secretary, Indian National
Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, New Delhi.
Volumes: 2

Thrane,
Henrik (Denmark)
spec. Bronze Age and settlement archaeology; Curator Fyns
Oldtid, Hollufgĺrd; Member of Danish Research Council for
the Humanities.
Volumes: 2

Todorov,
Nikolaď (Bulgaria)
spec. Balkan history; Academician, Professor, University of
Sofia; Director, Institute of Balkan Studies to the Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences.
Volumes: 5

Torelli,
Mario (Italy)
spec. history and archaeology of pre-Roman Italy and Roman
art; Member, Istituto di Studi Etruschi and German Archaeological
Institute; Professor, University of Perugia.
Volumes: 3

Trabulse,
Elias (Mexico)
spec. history of science and technology in Mexico and Latin
America; Professor, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios
Históricos.
Volumes: 5


Vallibhotama,
Srisakra (Thailand)
spec. anthropology and archaeology of Thailand; Associate
Professor, Department of Anthropology, Silpakorn University,
(Bangkok).
Volumes: 3

Valoch, Karel
(Czech Republic)
spec. Upper Palaeolithic of Central Europe; Curator, Anthropology
Institute of the Moravian Museum in Brno. Member, Czechoslovak
Academy of Sciences.
Volumes: 1

Vandermeersch,
Bernard (France)
spec. archaeology and physical anthropology of the Middle
Palaeolithic; Research Assistant, CNRS; Senior Assistant,
University of Paris VI; Professor, University of Bordeaux
1; Director of Studies, École Française Des Hautes Études.
Volumes: 1

Vargas Arenas,
Iraida (Venezuela)
spec. archaeology of Middle Orinoco, north-eastern Venezuela
and the Antilles; Professor of Archaeological Theory at the
Universidad Central de Venezuela; President, Society of Venezuelan
Archaeologist.
Volumes: 3

Velkov, Velizar
(Bulgaria)
deceased; spec. Roman history and archaeology; Professor;
former Director of the Archaeological Institute of the Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences. Deceased
Volumes: 3

Villa, Paola
(Italy)
spec. Lower Palaeolithic archaeology; Research Assistant and
Lecturer, University of California of Berkeley; Visiting lecturer,
Universities of Colorado, California at Santa Cruz and San
Diego and Wyoming; Research Associate, University of Colorado
at Boulder.
Volumes: 1

Villard, Pierre
(France)
spec. Assyriology; Assistant Professor, University of Paris
I.
Volumes : 2

Vocotopoulos,
Panayotis L. (Greece)
spec. Byzantine and Postbyzantine art and architecture; Professor,
Dept. of History and Archaeology, University of Athens.
Volumes: 4

Vorobyev,
Michail V. (Russian Federation) (the late)
spec. cultural history of Eastern Asia in the Early and Medieval
Ages; Chief scientific worker, Institute of Oriental Studies,
Russian Academy of Sciences.
Volumes: 4


Wang Sizhi
(China)
spec. Chinese history; Professor, Institute of Qing History,
Renmin University of China; member of the Academic Committee
of Renmin University.
Volumes: 5

Warmington,
Brian H. (United Kingdom)
spec. Roman history; formerly Reader in Ancient History, University
of Bristol.
Volumes: 3

Watterson,
Barbara (United Kingdom)
spec. ancient Egyptian language, including Coptic; Lecturer
Volumes: 3

Weigand, Philip
C. (Mexico)
spec. archaeology and ethnology of south-western United States
of America and western Mesoamerica; Research Professor, Colegio
de Michoacan; Research Associate, Museum of Northern Arizona.
Volumes: 3

Wendorf, Fred
(United States of America)
spec. prehistory of Africa; Henderson-Morrison Professor,
Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University
at Dallas.
Volumes: 1

Will, Edouard
(France)
spec. ancient history-, Emeritus Professor, University of
Nancy.
Volumes: 3

Winkelmann,
Friedhelm (Germany)
spec. Church history and history of Byzantium; Professor,
Director of the Department of Church history, University of
Rostock.
Volumes: 3

Winter, Erich
(Austria/Germany)
spec. hieroglyphic inscriptions of the Greco-Roman period;
Head, Department of Egyptology, University of Trier.
Volumes: 3

Wolfram, Herwig
(Austria)
spec. early medieval history; Professor, University of Vienna;
Director, Austrian Institute for Historical Research.
Volumes: 3

Wolski, Jozef
(Poland)
spec. Hellenistic history and history of Iran (Arsacid period);
Professor, Jagellone University, Krakow; Member, Polish Academy
of Letters and Sciences.
Volumes: 3

Wootton, David
(United Kingdom)
spec. European political theory, 1500-1800; Dean of Arts and
Professor of History, Brunel University, Middlessex.
Volumes: 5

Wright, Rita
(United States of America)
spec. archaeology of Iran, Indus Valley, and analysis of ceramic
technology. Associate Professor of Anthropology, New York
University.
Volumes: 2

Wu Hung (United
States of America)
spec. Chinese art and archaeology; Harrie A. Vaderstaffen
distinguished service Professor, University of Chicago.
Volumes: 3

Wu Rukang
(formerly known as Woo, ju-Kang) (China)
spec. paleoanthropology of China; Research Professor, Institute
of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia
Sinica in Beijing. Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academia
Sinica).
Volumes: 1

Wurm,
Stephen A. (Australia)
spec. linguistics of the Pacific area, East, North and Central
Asia, ancient and modern Near East, and Arctic areas; Language
in society, language and culture; Professor of Linguistics,
Australian National University; Research Director, and immediate
past President, Australian Academy of the Humanities; President
of CIPSH-UNESCO.
Volumes: 2


Zhang,
Changshou (China)
spec. archaeology of Shang and Zhou periods in China. Former
Deputy Director of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy
of Sciences.
Volumes: 2

Zhou
Yiliang (China)
spec. history of early medieval China, early Sino-Indian relations
and Buddism in China.
Volumes: 3

Ziegler,
Christiane (France)
spec. Egyptian archaeology; General Curator, Department of
Egyptian Antiquities, Musée du Louvre; Professor of Egyptian
Archaeology, Ecole du Louvre.
Volumes: 2

Zürcher,
Erik (the Netherlands)
spec. history of Chinese thought and early relations between
China and the outer world; Professor, Department of Chinese
Studies, Leiden University; Member, Royal Netherlands Academy
of Sciences.
Volumes: 3

Zavala, Vallado,
Silvio (Mexico)
spec. hispano-american history; member of faculty and director,
Centro de Estudios Historicos, Colegio de Mexico; Emeritus
Professor; member 1st International Commission of the History
of Mankind, former member of the 2nd International Commission.
Volumes: 5


Yarshater,
Ehsan O. (United States of America)
spec. Persian cultural history, Persian literature, Iranian
dialectology; Director, Centre for Iranian Studies and Professor
Emeritus of Iranian Studies, Special Lecturer status at Columbia
University; Editor, Encyclopaedia Iranica; General
Editorship of the Tabari Translation Project.
Volumes: 4


Yi, Tae Jin (Korea)
spec. Korean history; Professor, Seoul National University.
Volumes: 5

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