Staff

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.

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Head of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES)

NameRoleEmailPhone number
Ines Aščerić-ToddHead of Department, Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Middle Eastern CulturesInes.Asceric-Todd@ed.ac.uk+44(0)131 650 6814

Administrative staff

NameRoleEmailPhone number
Monique BroughSenior Administrator (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies - Undergraduate and Postgraduate)monique.brough@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4182
Anne Budo-DodeurUndergraduate AdministratorA.Budo@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4161

Academic staff

NameRoleEmailPhone number
Farah AboubakrLecturer in Arabic, IASH Affiliate (2023-24)Farah.Aboubakr@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 3625
Alaa 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 6814
Elvire CorbozSenior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam and Middle Eastelvire.corboz@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 6504148
Mourad Diouri (SFHEA)Teaching Fellow (Arabic), eLearning OfficerM.Diouri@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 6615
Jonathan 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 4165
Andreas GörkeSenior Lecturer in Islamic StudiesA.Goerke@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4177
Anthony GormanSenior Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern HistoryAnthony.Gorman@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4183
Phil 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 6509872
Giulia LiberatoreLecturergiulia.liberatore@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4463
Simon 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 3202
Dr 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 8433
Marwa MouazenLecturer of ArabicMarwa.Mouazen@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4176
Andrew J. NewmanPersonal Chair of Islamic Studies and PersianA.Newman@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 4178
Nacim Pak ShirazProfessor of Cinema and IranNacim.Pak-Shiraz@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 650 8432
Eline ScheerlinckResearch Fellow in Coptic Papyrologyeline.scheerlinck@ed.ac.uk 
Şebnem Susam-SaraevaProfessor of Translation StudiesS.Susam-Saraeva@ed.ac.uk+44 (0)131 651 1373
Professor Nazife Burcu TakilAtaturk Teaching Fellow in Turkishburcu.takil@ed.ac.uk 
Frédéric VolpiProfessorfrederic.volpi@ed.ac.uk

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