Prof. Dr. Dietrich Boschung (Dr. habil., Universität München, 1989; Ph.D., Archaeology, Universität Bern, 1983) is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the Universität zu Köln. He served as Vice Dean for Research in the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Cologne from April 2009 to March 2011. Additionally, he has been co-director of the Morphomata International Center for Advanced Studies—Genesis, Dynamics and Mediality of Cultural Figurations at the University of Cologne, established with funds from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, since April 2009.