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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Postgraduate enquiries

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Head of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES)

NameRole
Ines Aščerić-ToddHead of Department, Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Middle Eastern Cultures

Academic staff

NameRole
Farah AboubakrLecturer in Arabic, IASH Affiliate (2023-24)
Alaa Alshaikh SulaimanTeaching Fellow in Arabic
Thallein AntunTeaching Fellow
Ines Aščerić-ToddHead of Department, Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Middle Eastern Cultures
Elvire CorbozSenior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam and Middle East
Mourad Diouri (SFHEA)Teaching Fellow (Arabic), eLearning Officer
Jona FrasLecturer in Arabic
Andreas GörkeSenior Lecturer in Islamic Studies
Anthony GormanSenior Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History
Phil HerminaLanguage Assistant in Arabic, Lead Arabic Tutor
 Honorary Fellow
 Honorary Fellow
Marie LegendreSenior Lecturer in Islamic History
Giulia LiberatoreLecturer
Simon LoynesBritish Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Noemie LucasResearch Fellow in Abbasid Fiscal History and Historiography
Ebtihal MahadeenLecturer in Gender and Media Studies of the Middle East
Dr Songül MecitTeaching Fellow Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Dr Azin Mostajer HaghighiLecturer in Persian
Marwa MouazenLecturer of Arabic
Andrew J. NewmanPersonal Chair of Islamic Studies and Persian
Nacim Pak ShirazProfessor of Cinema and Iran
Eline ScheerlinckResearch Fellow in Coptic Papyrology
Şebnem Susam-SaraevaProfessor of Translation Studies
Professor Nazife Burcu TakilAtaturk Teaching Fellow in Turkish
Frédéric VolpiProfessor

Honorary and Emeritus staff

NamePosition
Jonathan FeatherstoneHonorary Fellow
Hugh GoddardHonorary Professorial Fellow in the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World
Carole HillenbrandProfessor Emerita
Robert HillenbrandProfessor Emeritus