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.
Undergraduate enquiries
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Postgraduate enquiries
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Head of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES)
| Name (sorted in ascending order) | Role | Phone number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ines Aščerić-Todd | Head of Department, Lecturer in Arabic and Middle Eastern Cultures | Ines.Asceric-Todd@ed.ac.uk | +44(0)131 650 6814 |
Administrative staff
| Name (sorted in ascending order) | Role | Phone number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monique Brough | Senior Administrator (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies - Undergraduate and Postgraduate) | monique.brough@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 4182 |
| Anne Budo-Dodeur | Undergraduate Administrator | A.Budo@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 4161 |
Academic staff
| Name (sorted in ascending order) | Role | Phone number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farah Aboubakr | Lecturer in Arabic, IASH Affiliate (2023-24) | Farah.Aboubakr@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 3625 |
| Alaa Alshaikh Sulaiman | Teaching Fellow in Arabic | Alaa.Sulaiman@ed.ac.uk | |
| Thallein Antun | Teaching Fellow | thallein.antun@ed.ac.uk | |
| Ines Aščerić-Todd | Head of Department, Lecturer in Arabic and Middle Eastern Cultures | Ines.Asceric-Todd@ed.ac.uk | +44(0)131 650 6814 |
| Elvire Corboz | Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam and Middle East | elvire.corboz@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 6504148 |
| Mourad Diouri (SFHEA) | Teaching Fellow (Arabic), eLearning Officer | M.Diouri@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 6615 |
| Jonathan Featherstone | Honorary Fellow | Jonathan.Featherstone@ed.ac.uk | |
| Jona Fras | Teaching Fellow in Arabic | jona.fras@ed.ac.uk | |
| Hugh Goddard | Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World | thealwaleedcentre@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 4165 |
| Andreas Görke | Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies | A.Goerke@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 4177 |
| Anthony Gorman | Senior Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History | Anthony.Gorman@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 4183 |
| Jaakko Hameen-Anttila | Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies | J.Hameen-Anttila@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 4181 |
| Phil Hermina | Language Assistant in Arabic, Lead Arabic Tutor | phil.hermina@ed.ac.uk | |
| Carole Hillenbrand | Honorary Fellow | C.Hillenbrand@ed.ac.uk | |
| Robert Hillenbrand | Honorary Fellow | R.Hillenbrand@ed.ac.uk | |
| Marie Legendre | Senior Lecturer in Islamic History | marie.legendre@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 6509872 |
| Giulia Liberatore | Lecturer | giulia.liberatore@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 4463 |
| Simon Loynes | British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow | simon.loynes@ed.ac.uk | |
| Noemie Lucas | Research Fellow in Abbasid Fiscal History and Historiography | noemie.lucas@ed.ac.uk | |
| Ebtihal Mahadeen | Lecturer in Gender and Media Studies | Ebtihal.Mahadeen@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 651 3202 |
| Dr Songül Mecit | Teaching Fellow Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies | S.Mecit@ed.ac.uk | |
| Dr Azin Mostajer Haghighi | Lecturer in Persian | Azin.Haghighi@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 8433 |
| Marwa Mouazen | Lecturer of Arabic | Marwa.Mouazen@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 4176 |
| Andrew J. Newman | Personal Chair of Islamic Studies and Persian | A.Newman@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 4178 |
| Nacim Pak Shiraz | Personal Chair of Cinema and Iran | Nacim.Pak-Shiraz@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 650 8432 |
| Şebnem Susam-Saraeva | Professor of Translation Studies | S.Susam-Saraeva@ed.ac.uk | +44 (0)131 651 1373 |
| Nazife Burcu Takil | Professor of Turkish Studies | burcu.takil@ed.ac.uk | |
| Frédéric Volpi | Professor | frederic.volpi@ed.ac.uk |