Get to know the team in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES). 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.Undergraduate enquiriesEmail us about undergraduate study in IMESPostgraduate enquiriesEmail us about taught postgraduate programmes in IMESEmail us about postgraduate research in IMESHead of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES)NameRoleEmailPhone numberInes Aščerić-ToddHead of Department, Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Middle Eastern CulturesInes.Asceric-Todd@ed.ac.uk+44(0)131 650 6814Administrative staffNameRoleEmailPhone numberMonique BroughSenior Administrator (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies - Undergraduate and Postgraduate)monique.brough@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4182Anne Budo-DodeurUndergraduate AdministratorA.Budo@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4161Academic staffNameRoleEmailPhone numberFarah AboubakrLecturer in Arabic, IASH Affiliate (2023-24)Farah.Aboubakr@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3625Alaa Alshaikh SulaimanTeaching Fellow in ArabicAlaa.Sulaiman@ed.ac.uk Thallein AntunTeaching Fellowthallein.antun@ed.ac.uk Ines Aščerić-ToddHead of Department, Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Middle Eastern CulturesInes.Asceric-Todd@ed.ac.uk+44(0)131 650 6814Elvire CorbozSenior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam and Middle Eastelvire.corboz@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 6504148Mourad Diouri (SFHEA)Teaching Fellow (Arabic), eLearning OfficerM.Diouri@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 6615Jonathan FeatherstoneHonorary FellowJonathan.Featherstone@ed.ac.uk Jona FrasLecturer in Arabicjona.fras@ed.ac.uk Hugh GoddardHonorary Professorial Fellow in the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary Worldthealwaleedcentre@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4165Andreas GörkeSenior Lecturer in Islamic StudiesA.Goerke@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4177Anthony GormanSenior Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern HistoryAnthony.Gorman@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4183Phil HerminaLanguage Assistant in Arabic, Lead Arabic Tutorphil.hermina@ed.ac.uk Carole HillenbrandHonorary FellowC.Hillenbrand@ed.ac.uk Robert HillenbrandHonorary FellowR.Hillenbrand@ed.ac.uk Marie LegendreSenior Lecturer in Islamic Historymarie.legendre@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 6509872Giulia LiberatoreLecturergiulia.liberatore@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4463Simon LoynesBritish Academy Postdoctoral Fellowsimon.loynes@ed.ac.uk Noemie LucasResearch Fellow in Abbasid Fiscal History and Historiographynoemie.lucas@ed.ac.uk Ebtihal MahadeenLecturer in Gender and Media Studies of the Middle EastEbtihal.Mahadeen@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 3202Dr Songül MecitTeaching Fellow Islamic and Middle Eastern StudiesS.Mecit@ed.ac.uk Dr Azin Mostajer HaghighiLecturer in PersianAzin.Haghighi@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 8433Marwa MouazenLecturer of ArabicMarwa.Mouazen@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4176Andrew J. NewmanPersonal Chair of Islamic Studies and PersianA.Newman@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4178Nacim Pak ShirazProfessor of Cinema and IranNacim.Pak-Shiraz@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 8432Eline ScheerlinckResearch Fellow in Coptic Papyrologyeline.scheerlinck@ed.ac.uk Şebnem Susam-SaraevaProfessor of Translation StudiesS.Susam-Saraeva@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 1373Professor Nazife Burcu TakilAtaturk Teaching Fellow in Turkishburcu.takil@ed.ac.uk Frédéric VolpiProfessorfrederic.volpi@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2024-08-13