Dr Adam Talib is an Associate Professor at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University. His research demonstrates how the methods, concerns, and reading practices of comparative…
Dr Foteini Spingou is a cultural historian at the University of Edinburgh working on the broad topics of Memory, Collection, Beauty, and Tradition and Empire. Her expertise lies in the…
Dr Francesca Leoni is Curator of Islamic Art at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. She specialises in the Islamic Middle East with a focus on the Persian-speaking world. Her interests…
With Ronie Parciack (Tel Aviv), Tel Aviv Exchange Fellowship 2019.
Professor Iain Gardner is Professor of Studies in Religion at the University of Sydney. He was trained in early Christian literature and the history of religions at the University of…
Dr Siavush Randjbar-Daemi is Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of St Andrews. His core research interests lie in the evolution of the state in modern and…
James Barr has worked in politics, at the Daily Telegraph, in the City, at the British Embassy in Paris, and is currently a visiting fellow at King's College, London. He…
Mediæval History Seminar series The Postgraduate Mediæval History Seminar series is intended to provide a space for postgraduates at all stages (from MLitts to final year PhDs) to present ideas, discuss research issues, and get some practical experience before conferences, submissions, etc. Refreshments are provided, and after each session we adjourn to the speaker’s choice…