Academic officers and staff

Find academics by their role within the School, or by subject area.

How to contact us

Many of us work on a hybrid basis - a mixture of on-campus and digitally.

Our working hours are Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm (UK time).

Please email us in the first instance, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

The following details are correct for Semester 1 of Academic Year 2024 to 2025, but are subject to change in Semster 2 (from January 2025).

Academic office bearers

TitleName
Director of Learning and Teaching (Undergraduate and Postgraduate)Dr Ben Bateman
Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching (Quality Assurance and Enhancement)Dr Hannah Simpson
Postgraduate Research DirectorDr Frauke Matthes
Director of StudentsDr Véronique Desnain
Director of ResearchDr Charlotte Gleghorn
Deputy Director of Research and Director of Impact and Knowledge ExchangeDr Hephzibah Israel
Academic Misconduct OfficerDr Barbara Castillo Büttinghausen 
Academic Promotions Officer Professor Federica Pedriali
Research Ethics Lead Dr Bea Alex
Director of People and EqualitiesDr Mavis Ho
Outreach and Widening Participation OfficerPatricia Rueda Díez
Outreach and Widening Participation OfficerDr Sergi Mainer
Senior Disability CoordinatorDr Neill Martin
Library Committee RepresentativeDr Christopher Rosenmeier

Departmental office bearers

Asian Studies

TitleName
Head of Asian StudiesDr Daniel Hammond
Departmental Postgraduate Research DirectorProfessor Natascha Gentz
Programme Director - MSc East Asian StudiesDr Holly Stephens

Browse all staff in Asian Studies (including staff in Chinese, East Asian, Japanese and Korean Studies)

Celtic and Scottish Studies

TitleName
Head of Celtic and Scottish StudiesDr Neill Martin
Departmental Postgraduate Research DirectorDr Anja Gunderloch

Browse all staff in Celtic and Scottish Studies (including staff in Celtic, Scottish Ethnology and Scottish Studies)

English and Scottish Literature

TitleName
Head of English and Scottish LiteratureProfessor Suzanne Trill
Departmental Postgraduate Research DirectorDr Andrew Taylor
Programme Director - MSc Creative Writing Dr Patrick Errington
Programme Director - MSc Literature and Modernity    Dr Peter Adkins
Programme Director - MSc Literature and Society Dr Owen Holland
Programme Director - MSc PlaywritingNicola McCartney

Browse all staff in English and Scottish Literature (including staff in English Literature, Scottish Literature, Creative Writing and Playwriting)

European Languages and Cultures

Title Name
Head of European Languages and CulturesDr Guy Puzey
Departmental Postgraduate Research DirectorDr Ruairidh Tarvet
Programme Director - MSc Comparative LiteratureDr Frauke Matthes
Programme Directors - MSc IntermedialityProfessor Marion Schmid and Dr Fabien Arribert-Narce

Browse all staff in European Languages and Cultures by subject area:

The Departmental Postgraduate Research Director for European Languages and Cultures is also the point of contact for postgraduate research degrees in:

  • Comparative Literature
  • European Theatre
  • Intermediality
  • Medieval Studies

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

TitleName
Head of Islamic and Middle Eastern StudiesDr Ines Aščerić-Todd
Departmental Postgraduate Research DirectorDr Ebtihal Mahadeen
Programme Directors - MSc Globalised Muslim WorldProfessor Frédéric Volpi and Dr Kholoud Al Ajarma
Programme Director - MSc Islamic and Middle Eastern StudiesDr Marie Legendre

Browse all staff in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (including staff in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies)

More staff by subject area / programme

TitleName
Film Studies - point of contact for Postgraduate ResearchDr David Sorfa
Programme Director - MSc Film StudiesDr Ana Salzberg
Programme Directors - MSc Film, Exhibition and CurationSusan Kemp and Jane Sillars
Intermediality - point of contact for Postgraduate ResearchDr Ruairidh Tarvet
Programme Directors - MSc IntermedialityProfessor Marion Schmid and Dr Fabien Arribert-Narce

Browse all staff in Film and Intermediality

Title Name
Translation Studies - point of contact for Postgraduate ResearchThe Translation Studies team
Programme Director - MSc Translation StudiesProfessor Charlotte Bosseaux

Browse all staff in Translation Studies