Dedication List of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Unearthing Historical Queens and Imagining Queenship, in the Past and Present, Patricia Eunji Kim (New York University, USA) and Anastasia Tchaplychine (Independent Scholar, USA) Part I: Approaching the Histories and Historiographies of Ancient Queenships 2. Arabian 'Queen's' or 'Female Kings'? Defining sarratu during the Neo-Assyrian Period, Ellie Bennett (University of Helsinki, Finland) 3. What Difference Did a Title Make? Queenship Before and After, Elizabeth Carney (Clemson University, USA) 4. Hatshepsut: Frames of Power and the Speos Artemidos, Jacquelyn Williamson (George Mason University, USA) 5. What Do We Know About the Queen of Sheba? Epistemological Limitations and New Paths Forward, Jillian Stinchcomb (Brandeis University, USA) 6. Kleopatra III: Not the Evil Queen by Tara Sewell-Lasater (Montana State University, USA) 7. Centering Nubian Queens in the Ancient World: Histories, Historiographies, and (Mis)interpretations, Tasha Vorderstrasse (University of Chicago, USA) 8.

Queens and Consorts in the Modern Story of Sardanapalus, Michael Seymour (Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA) 9. Wisdom, Virginity, and Motherhood: Archetypes of Ethiopian Queenship, David Spielman (New York University, USA) Part II: Speculating Ancient Queenship in Modern and Contemporary Visual Culture 10. Assyrian Mothers and Queens in Diaspora: A Conversation with Maryam Yousif, Anastasia Tchaplyghine (Independent Scholar, USA) 11. Impossible Dream of a Woman King : Cleopatra and Wu Zeitan in the Korean Drama Series Great Queen Seondeok, Jackie Murray (SUNY University Buffalo, USA) 12. Vanguard of the Viragoes: On the Forefront Looking Back, ChelseaDee Harrison (Independent theater-maker, USA) 13. Becoming I Am Queen Mary: A Conversation Between the Artists La Vaughn Belle and Jeannette Ehlers, La Vaughn Belle (Independent Artist, USA) and Jeannette Ehlers (Independent Artist, Denmark) 14. Queens in the Classroom: Connecting Histories of Royal Women, Patricia Eunji Kim (New York University, USA) 15. What is a Queen to You?, Lydia Pamudji (New York University, USA) 16.

KANDAKA, Yasmin Elnour (Independent Artist, Sudan) 17. Barbie®, Perpetual Queen of the Egyptians: Inventing Egyptian Queenship in Popular Culture, Aimee Hinds Scott (University of Roehampton, UK) 18. ANTI-ICON Apokalypsis Mythos, Martine Gutierrez (Independent Artist, USA) 19. The Contour of a Queen, Makeup Museum (Independent Museum, USA) 20. Looking Critically: Goddesses, Queens, and Their Reflections, Hallie M. Franks (New York University, USA) Notes Bibliography Index.