Wenrui Pan

Wenrui is currently pursuing her PH.D in Ancient Mesopotamian Studies.

Wenrui's current research interests are broadly attracted to history, literature, and religion in ancient Mesopotamia. She is especially focused on the time period from the late third to the second millennium BCE. She is particularly interested in Sumerian literature and grammar in the Old Babylonian Period. 

She gained her MA degree in World History at Fudan University, with a concentration on Assyriology. Based on royal inscriptions and hymns, her MA thesis examined the kingship and royal ideology of the Third Dynasty of Ur.