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Advisory Board

NameFacultySchoolJob titleLocationAreas of expertise
Dr Fozia BoraSchool of Languages, Cultures and SocietiesAssociate Professor of Islamic HistoryUniversity of LeedsArabic history and historiography; Islamic world book cultures; community curation in the museum/heritage sector; local and global histories of Muslims in Yorkshire
Professor James DickinsSchool of Languages, Cultures and SocietiesProfessor of ArabicUniversity of LeedsArabic language; linguistics; Sudanese dialect
Professor Hanem El-FarahatySchool of Languages, Cultures and SocietiesProfessor in Linguistics, Translation and InterpretingUniversity of LeedsComparative Linguistics, legal translation, Corpus-Based Arabic/English legal translation, media and political translation, political satire, critical discourse analysis
Dr Ruba KhamamSchool of Languages, Cultures and SocietiesAssociate Professor of Arabic Language & Linguistics, and TranslationUniversity of LeedsArabic and English linguistics, teaching and learning Arabic as a second language, Arabic language teacher training, cross-cultural and Inter-cultural Pragmatics, linguistic (im)politeness
Professor El-Mustapha LahlaliSchool of Languages, Cultures and SocietiesProfessor of Arabic Linguistics and MediaUniversity of LeedsArab media and society; discourse analysis, classroom interaction and pedagogy; critical discourse analysis and media; appraisal theory; translation and ideology; teaching practice and pedagogy
Professor Emma StaffordSchool of Languages, Cultures and SocietiesProfessor of Greek CultureUniversity of LeedsClassics; Greek social and cultural history; Greek religion; Greek art; classical myth; classical reception