Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
| Institute Director | |
|---|---|
| Professor Christine Robins (formerly Allison) | Director of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Ibrahim Ahmed Professor of Kurdish Studies, Director of the Centre for Kurdish Studies |
| Professors | |
|---|---|
| Professor Robert Gleave | Professor of Arabic Studies |
| Professor Timothy Insoll | Al-Qasimi Professor of African and Islamic Archaeology |
| Professor Ilan Pappé | Professor of History, Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies. |
| Professor Gareth Stansfield | Al-Qasimi Professor of Gulf Studies |
| Associate Professors | |
|---|---|
| Associate Professor William Gallois | Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean History, Director of Research |
| Associate Professor Jonathan Githens-Mazer | Associate Professor in Ethno-Politics |
| Associate Professor Sajjad Rizvi | Associate Professor of Islamic Intellectual History and Islamic Studies |
| Associate Professor Marc Valeri | Associate Professor in Political Economy of the Middle East, Director - Centre for Gulf Studies, College Director of Postgraduate Research |
| Senior Lecturers | |
|---|---|
| Dr Omar Ashour | Senior Lecturer in Security Studies and Middle East Politics Director of Doctoral Studies |
| Dr Michael Axworthy | Senior Lecturer |
| Dr John P. Cooper | Senior Lecturer in Arabic Studies and Islamic Material Culture |
| Dr Leonard Lewisohn | Senior Lecturer, Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow in Persian and Sufi Literaure |
| Dr Christina Phillips | Senior Lecturer in Arabic Literature and Media |
| Dr Clemence Scalbert-Yucel | Senior Lecturer in Ethnopolitics |
| Dr Lise Storm | Senior Lecturer in Middle East Politics, Director of Education |
| Dr Suha Taji-Farouki | Senior Lecturer in Modern Islam |
| Lecturers | |
|---|---|
| Dr Mustafa Baig | Lecturer in Islamic Studies |
| Dr Eleanor Gao | Lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics |
| Ms Wafa Iskander | Lecturer in Arabic Language |
| Dr Marc Jones | Lecturer in History of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula |
| Dr István Kristó-Nagy | Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies |
| Mr Ali Mossadegh | Lecturer in Persian Language |
| Dr Katie Natanel | Lecturer in Gender Studies |
| Dr Burcu Ozturk | Lecturer in Turkish Language |
| Ms Fatima Rawan | Lecturer in Arabic Language |
| Dr Emily Selove | Lecturer of Medieval Arabic Language and Literature |
| Research Fellows | |
|---|---|
| Dr Omar Anchassi | Research Fellow - Understanding Shari'a Project |
| Dr Claire Beaugrand | Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| Dr Paul Gledhill | Research Fellow on LAWALISI Project |
| Dr Wissam Halawi | Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| Dr Nadia Khalaf | Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| Dr Nadia Naser-Najjab | Research Fellow in Palestine Studies |
| Dr Ross Porter | Research Fellow |
| Dr Kelsey Shanks | Research Fellow - ESRC Iraq Disputed Territories |
| Professional Services Staff | |
|---|---|
| Tom Allen | SSIS Student Recruitment Administrator |
| Kate Blackmore | Projects Officer (Widening Participation and Pathways to Law) |
| Judith Breckell | SSIS Administrator (Education & Workload Planning) |
| Mrs Nikki Clews | Senior Administrator (Research) |
| Ms Zoë Humble | ESRC Iraq Disputed Territories Research Project Administrator |
| Lizzie Hustwayte | Academic Programme Support Manager |
| Leo Leandro Rodrigues | Project and Web Development Manager (MESnet) |
| Eleanor Monger | Student Recruitment and Admissions Manager |
| Miss Julia Paci | Employability and Outreach Manager |
| Emma Reeve | Acting Head of Communications and Marketing |
| Sarah Roberts | Administrator |
| James Smith | Business Partner, International Partnerships |
| Jane Tanner | Web Marketing Officer (Web Team) |
| Mrs Helen Walker | Assistant Administrator (Research & Finance) |
| Mrs Melanie Williams | PA to the Director |
| Professors Emeriti | |
|---|---|
| Emeritus Professor Dionisius A. Agius FBA | Al Qasimi Professor of Arabic Studies and Islamic Material Culture |
| Emeritus Professor Rasheed El-Enany | Professor Emeritus |
| Emeritus Professor Richard Hitchcock | Professor Emeritus |
| Emeritus Professor Ian Netton | Professor Emeritus |
| Emeritus Professor Tim Niblock | Professor Emeritus |
| Visiting Professors | |
|---|---|
| Professor Said Faiq | |
| Professor Gerd Nonneman | Visiting Professor |
| Honorary Research Fellows | |
|---|---|
| Dr Noor al-Qasimi | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Mr Paul Auchterlonie | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Jenny Balfour-Paul | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Professor Herman Bell | Professor, Senior Research Fellow |
| Dr Li Bingzhong | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Farangis Ghaderi | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Elaine M Goodwin | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Syahrul Hidayat | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Professor Mohammed Ihsan | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Julian Jansen Van Rensburg | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Ghada Karmi | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Ghassan Khatib | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Basoeki Koesasi | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Mr Simon Laws | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Mr Leslie McLoughlin | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Farah Mohammad | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Kawa Morad | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Harriet Nash | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr James Onley | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Francis Owtram | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Sophie Richter-Devroe | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Ash Rossiter | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr David Seddon | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Mr Christopher Ward | Honorary Research Fellow |
| Dr Norbert Weismann | Honorary Research Fellow |
