Preface and Acknowledgements -- Ernst Emil Herzfeld - Curriculum Vitae -- Note to the Reader -- PART I. INTRODUCTION -- Ernst Herzfeld and Near Eastern Studies, 1900-1950 (Ann C. Gunter and Stefan R. Hauser) -- Ernst Herzfeld and Friedrich Sarre (Jens Kröger) -- Ernst Herzfeld and Pasargadae (David Stronach) -- PART II. HERZFELD AND KEY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES -- Herzfeld in Persepolis (Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre) -- Ernst Herzfeld, Kuh-e Khwaja, and the Study of Parthian Art (Trudy S. Kawami) -- Prismatic Prehistory: Ernst Herzfeld on Early Iran (Margaret Cool Root) -- PART III. HERZFELD AND THE PERSIAN EMPIRES -- Milestones in the Development of Achaemenid Historiography in the Era of Ernst Herzfeld (Pierre Briant) -- Ernst Herzfeld and Sasanian Studies (Josef Wiesehöfer) -- Ernst Herzfeld and Iranian Studies (Prods Oktor Skjaervø) -- Ernst Herzfeld and the Study of Graffiti at Persepolis (Shahrokh Razmjou) -- PART IV. BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC ART HISTORY -- Ernst Herzfeld und Samuel Guyer in Kilikien: Forschungen zur spätantik-frühbyzantinischen Architektur (Gabriele Mietke) -- Mshatta, Samarra, and al-Hira: Ernst Herzfeld's Theories Concerning the Development of the Hira-style Revisited (Thomas Leisten) -- Ernst Herzfeld, Samarra, and Islamic Archaeology (Alastair Northedge) -- The One that Got Away: Ernst Herzfeld and the Islamic Architecture of Iran (Robert Hillenbrand) -- PART V. NEAR EASTERN STUDIES, CULTURAL POLITICS, ANDARCHAEOLOGICAL ETHICS -- Ernst Herzfeld and French Approaches to Iranian Archaeology (Rémy Boucharlat) -- Ernst Herzfeld, Politics, and Antiquities Legislation in Iran (Ali Mousavi) -- Ernst Herzfeld in an Academic Context: The Historical Sciences of Culture at the University of Berlin during the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) (Rüdiger vom Bruch).

History, Races, and Orientalism: Eduard Meyer, the Organization of Oriental Research, and Ernst Herzfeld's Intellectual Heritage (Stefan R. Hauser) -- Ernst Herzfeld in Context: Gleanings from His Personnel File and Other Sources (Johannes Renger) -- Ernst Herzfeld: Reminiscences and Revelations (Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen) -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index.