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Our MLAC Team provide a range of valuable support and advice to see you through your time with us. If you are experiencing difficulties which are having an impact upon your studies by preventing you from progressing or engaging academically, please contact our Student Support Officer, Claire Basnett, at mlac.studentsupport@durham.ac.uk

If you have any queries relating to academic processes and information – such as timetabling, module choices, assessments, extension requests, or programme regulations – please contact our Learning and Teaching Team at mlac.undergraduate@durham.ac.uk

 

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Postgraduate Student Support

mlac.pgsupport@durham.ac.uk

Erasmus Student Officer

mlac.incomingerasmus@durham.ac.uk

Year Abroad

mlac.yearabroad@durham.ac.uk

Learning & Teaching Manager

mlac.learningandteachingmanager@durham.ac.uk

School Manager

mlac.schoolmanager@durham.ac.uk

Operations Coordinator

mlac.operations@durham.ac.uk

Finance Officer

artsandhumanities.financeteam@durham.ac.uk

Research Officer

artsandhumanities.researchteam@durham.ac.uk

Postgraduate Admissions

mlac.pgadmissions@durham.ac.uk

 

 

Head of School

mlac.hos@durham.ac.uk

Deputy Head of School (Research)

mlac.dhosresearch@durham.ac.uk

Deputy Head of School (Teaching)

mlac.dhosteaching@durham.ac.uk

Director of Postgraduate Studies

mlac.dpgs@durham.ac.uk

Director of Research

mlac.dor@durham.ac.uk

Director of Undergraduate Studies

mlac.duge@durham.ac.uk

Chair of Board of Examiners

mlac.cboe@durham.ac.uk

 

Administration

 

Name Position Contact
Dr Philip Bolton School Manager philip.bolton@durham.ac.uk
Miss Isabella Briers Learning and Teaching Administrator isabella.m.briers@durham.ac.uk
Mr Tom Claydon Learning and Teaching Manager tom.claydon@durham.ac.uk
Miss Helen Cant Operations Coordinator mlac.operations@durham.ac.uk
Miss Jessica Crinson Learning and Teaching Administrator jessica.crinson@durham.ac.uk 
Mrs Vicky Holding Learning and Teaching Coordinator (Assessment) vicky.holding@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Katherine Hunt Learning and Teaching Administrator (Assessment) katherine.hunt@durham.ac.uk
Ms Kim Huntingdon Administrative Assistant kim.huntingdon@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Kathleen Lowson Assistant Manager (Learning and Teaching) kathleen.lowson@durham.ac.uk
Ms Lucia Luck PG Co-ordinator lucia.luck@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Tina O'Donnell Learning and Teaching Administrator (Assessment) tina.o'donnell@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Chermaine Patey Learning and Teaching Administrator (Assessment) chermaine.patey@durham.ac.uk

 

Arabic Studies

Name Position Contact
Dr Raphael Cormack Assistant Professor raphael.cormack@durham.ac.uk
Professor Abir Hamdar Professor abir.hamdar@durham.ac.uk
Ms Suhair Hindiyeh Assistant Lecturer (Teaching) suhair.hindiyeh@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Salima Jaljule Assistant Professor (Teaching) / TLRP Coordinator salima.jaljule@durham.ac.uk
Dr Mandana Mashayekhi-Ghoyonloo Part-time Teacher mandana.mashayekhi-ghoyonloo@durham.ac.uk
Professor Daniel Newman Professor / Director of Studies daniel.newman@durham.ac.uk
Professor Paul Starkey Emeritus Professor p.g.starkey@durham.ac.uk
Dr Aziza Zaher Associate Professor (Teaching) / Careers Liaison aziza.zaher@durham.ac.uk

 

Chinese Studies

Dr Qing Cao Associate Professor qing.cao@durham.ac.uk
Miss V Chu Lecturer (Teaching) w.v.chu@durham.ac.uk
Dr Dongning Feng Teaching Fellow dongning.feng@durham.ac.uk
Dr Yunhan Hu Assistant Professor yunhan.hu@durham.ac.uk
Dr Jin Huang Assistant Professor (Teaching) jin.huang@durham.ac.uk
Dr William Schaefer Associate Professor in Chinese Studies and Visual Culture  william.schaefer@durham.ac.uk
Mr Don Starr Assistant Professor (Teaching) / Director of Studies (Chinese) / Director MA in Translation Studies d.f.starr@durham.ac.uk
Professor Binghan Zheng Professor in Chinese Translation binghan.zheng@durham.ac.uk

 

French Studies

Professor Kathryn Banks Professor kathryn.banks2@durham.ac.uk
Dr Marie-Claire Barnet Associate Professor marie-claire.barnet@durham.ac.uk
Dr Samuel Bootle Associate Professor  s.d.bootle@durham.ac.uk
Mr Alexandre Burin Teaching Fellow alexandre.burin@durham.ac.uk
Dr Dominique Carlini-Versini Assistant Professor (Teaching) dominique.carlini-versini@durham.ac.uk
Dr Laura Chuhan Campbell Assistant Professor l.j.campbell@durham.ac.uk
Dr Madeleine Chalmers Teaching Fellow madeleine.chalmers@durham.ac.uk
Professor Jan Clarke Professor / Director of Studies jan.clarke@durham.ac.uk
Professor David Cowling Professor / Head of School Contact David Cowling
Dr Amaleena Damlé Associate Professor  amaleena.damle@durham.ac.uk
Professor Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze Professor catherine.dousteyssier@durham.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Hickmott Assistant Professor / Deputy Director of UG Education (Curriculum Development) sarah.hickmott@durham.ac.uk
Professor Christopher Lloyd Emeritus Professor c.d.lloyd@durham.ac.uk
Dr Simon McKinnon Assistant Professor (Teaching) s.g.mckinnon@durham.ac.uk
Mr Corentin Mallet-Pont Language Assistant corentin.mallet-pont@durham.ac.uk
Professor Richard Maber Emeritus Professor r.g.maber@durham.ac.uk
Professor Gerald Moore Professor / School EDI Lead gerald.moore@durham.ac.uk
Prof John O'Brien Emeritus Professor john.o'brien@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Orane Onyekpe-Touzet Teaching Fellow orane.onyekpe-touzet@durham.ac.uk
Mme Vasanti Piette Assistant Professor (Teaching) vasanti.piette@durham.ac.uk
Miss Ludivine Pla Lectrice ludivine.pla@durham.ac.uk
Mr Roger Ravanelli Assistant Professor (Teaching) roger.ravanelli@durham.ac.uk
Dr Zoë Roth Associate Professor / Deputy Director of Research (Grants) zoe.roth@durham.ac.uk
Professor Marc Schachter Professor  marc.schachter@durham.ac.uk
Professor Richard Scholar Professor richard.scholar@durham.ac.uk
Professor Luke Sunderland Professor luke.sunderland@durham.ac.uk
Professor Thomas Wynn Professor thomas.wynn@durham.ac.uk

 

German Studies

Dr Yael Almog Associate Professor yael.almog@durham.ac.uk
Dr Petra Bauer Assistant Professor (Teaching) petra.bauer@durham.ac.uk
Dr Polly Dickson Leverhulme Early Career Fellow polly.l.dickson@durham.ac.uk
Professor Jonathan Long Professor  j.j.long@durham.ac.uk
Professor Claudia Nitschke Professor / Director of Research claudia.nitschke@durham.ac.uk
Dr Alexis Radisoglou Assistant Professor / Director of Studies alexis.radisoglou@durham.ac.uk
Dr Tracey Reimann-Dawe Assistant Professor (Teaching) / Deputy Head of School (Teaching) tracey.reimann-dawe@durham.ac.uk
Dr Michiel Rys Teaching Fellow michiel.rys@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Janet Stewart Professor / Executive Dean (A&H) janet.c.stewart@durham.ac.uk
Mr Samuel Thompson Teaching Fellow samuel.j.thompson@durham.ac.uk
Dr Simon Ward Associate Professor / Director, BA in Visual Arts & Film simon.ward2@durham.ac.uk
Ms Gina Wrobel DAAD Lektorin gina.wrobel@durham.ac.uk

 

Hispanic Studies

Professor Andrew Beresford Professor a.m.beresford@durham.ac.uk
Dr Marcela Cazzoli Associate Professor (Teaching) / Director of UG Education marcela.a.cazzoli@durham.ac.uk
Dr Lexie Cook Assistant Professor alexandra.cook@durham.ac.uk
Dr Miguel Domínguez Rohan Teaching Fellow miguel.dominguez-rohan@durham.ac.uk
Dr Lara Escudero-Batzán Lecturer (Teaching) l.m.escudero-baztan@durham.ac.uk
Professor Santiago Fouz Hernández Professor santiago.fouz@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Maria-Victoria Hedley Assistant Teaching Fellow m.v.hedley@durham.ac.uk
Dr Francisco-J. Hernández Adrián Associate Professor / Director of Postgraduate Studies f.j.adrian@durham.ac.uk
Dr Manuel Hijano Assistant Professor manuel.hijano@durham.ac.uk
Professor Claudia Hopkins  Professor / Director of the Zurbarán Centre for Spanish and Latin American Art  claudia.h.hopkins@durham.ac.uk
Dr Penélope Johnson Associate Professor (Teaching) / Director MA in Translation Studies penelope.johnson@durham.ac.uk
Dr Laura León Llerena Associate Professor  laura.m.leonllerena@durham.ac.uk
Ms Mari Carmen Maya Medina Lecturer (Teaching) m.c.maya@durham.ac.uk
Dr Kerstin Oloff Associate Professor k.d.oloff@durham.ac.uk
Dr Yarí Pérez Marín Associate Professor / Director of Studies yari.perez-marin@durham.ac.uk
Dr Axel Pérez Trujillo Assistant Professor axel.perez-trujillo@durham.ac.uk
Ms Heiddy Roberts Assistant Teaching Fellow Contact Heiddy Roberts
Dr Nicholas Roberts Associate Professor  Contact Nicholas Roberts
Dr Sacramento Roselló Teaching Fellow sacramento.rosello@durham.ac.uk
Professor H. Rosi Song Professor / Deputy Head of School (Research) rosi.song@durham.ac.uk
Professor Mike Thompson Emeritus Professor m.p.thompson@durham.ac.uk

 

Japanese Studies

Dr Hansun Hsiung Assistant Professor  hansun.hsiung@durham.ac.uk
Dr Fusako Innami Associate Professor in Japanese and Performance Studies / Deputy Director of Research (Impact) fusako.innami@durham.ac.uk
Dr Kayo Kondo Assistant Lecturer kayo.kondo@durham.ac.uk
Ms Ritsuko Koso-Kirk Assistant Professor (Teaching) ritsuko.koso@durham.ac.uk
Dr Dario Lolli Assistant Professor dario.lolli@durham.ac.uk
Mr Don Starr  Director of Studies (Chinese)  d.f.starr@durham.ac.uk
Ms Sayo Wilkinson Lecturer (Teaching) sayo.wilkinson@durham.ac.uk

 

Russian Studies

Professor Andy Byford Professor andy.byford@durham.ac.uk
Dr Ekaterina Chown Assistant Professor (Teaching) / Chair UG Board of Examiners ekaterina.chown@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Branka Grundy Assistant Professor (Teaching) branka.grundy@durham.ac.uk
Professor Alexandra Harrington Professor / Faculty of Arts & Humanities Equality Diversity Inclusion Lead a.k.harrington@durham.ac.uk
Dr Viktoria Ivleva Assistant Professor / Director of Studies viktoria.ivleva@durham.ac.uk
Dr Simon Pirani Honorary Professor in MLAC / Centre for Culture and Ecology simon.pirani@durham.ac.uk
Dr Dušan Radunović Associate Professor dusan.radunovic@durham.ac.uk
Professor S Tyulenev Professor sergey.tyulenev@durham.ac.uk 
Mrs Olga Zabotkina Lecturer (Teaching) o.a.zabotkina@durham.ac.uk
Professor Patrick Zuk Professor of Russian Cultural Studies and Music patrick.zuk@durham.ac.uk

 

Visual Arts and Film

Professor Stefano Cracolici Professor stefano.cracolici@durham.ac.uk
Dr Hazel Donkin Assistant Professor (Teaching) hazel.donkin@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Santiago Fouz Hernández Professor santiago.fouz@durham.ac.uk
Dr Francisco-J. Hernández Adrián Associate Professor / Director of Postgraduate Studies f.j.adrian@durham.ac.uk
Professor Claudia Hopkins  Professor / Director of the Zurbarán Centre for Spanish and Latin American Art  claudia.h.hopkins@durham.ac.uk
Dr Fusako Innami Assistant Professor in Japanese and Performance Studies / Deputy Director of Research (Impact) fusako.innami@durham.ac.uk
Dr Dario Lolli Assistant Professor dario.lolli@durham.ac.uk
Professor Jonathan Long Professor  j.j.long@durham.ac.uk
Professor Gerald Moore Professor gerald.moore@durham.ac.uk
Dr Yarí Pérez Marín Associate Professor / Director of Studies yari.perez-marin@durham.ac.uk
Dr Alexis Radisoglou Assistant Professor / Director of Studies alexis.radisoglou@durham.ac.uk
Dr Dušan Radunović Associate Professor dusan.radunovic@durham.ac.uk
Dr William Schaefer Associate Professor in Chinese Studies and Visual Culture william.schaefer@durham.ac.uk
Dr Simon Ward Associate Professor / Director, BA in Visual Arts & Film simon.ward2@durham.ac.uk

 

Centre for Foreign Language Study

Mr Abedal-Mutaleb Al-Zuweiri Lecturer (Teaching) - Arabic abedal-mutaleb.al-zuweiri@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Agnès Bastien-Langham Lecturer (Teaching) - French agnes.bastien@durham.ac.uk
Ms Teresa Bauza-Bosch Teaching Fellow teresa.bauza-bosch@durham.ac.uk
Miss Helen Cant Learning and Teaching Administrator helen.j.cant@durham.ac.uk
Dr Yoonjoung Choi Lecturer (Teaching) - Korean Contact Yoonjoung Choi
Dr Marion Coderch Assistant Professor (Teaching) - Spanish marion.coderch@durham.ac.uk
Dr Géraldine Crahay Lecturer (Teaching) - French geraldine.crahay@durham.ac.uk
Mr Mark Critchley Director, Centre for Foreign Language Study mark.critchley@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Mary Fender Language Services Coordinator m.j.s.fender@durham.ac.uk
Dr Yu Gu Assistant Teaching Fellow - Chinese yu.gu@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Anna Johnston Assistant Professor (Teaching) - French anna.johnston@durham.ac.uk
Ms Emiko Kamimoto Lecturer (Teaching) - Japanese emiko.kamimoto@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Zhanna Kozmenko-Ihssen Lecturer (Teaching) - German zhanna.kozmenko-ihssen@durham.ac.uk
Miss Shelley Lau Learning and Teaching Administrator shelley.lau@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Laura Lewis Assistant Professor (Teaching) - German laura.h.wichmann@durham.ac.uk
Dr Li Li Assistant Professor (Teaching) - Chinese li.li@durham.ac.uk
Ms Fernanda Lourenco Part-time Teacher - Portuguese fernanda.lourenco@durham.ac.uk
Dr Elinor Parks Lecturer (Teaching) - German elinor.parks@durham.ac.uk
Dr Kristina Pla Fernandez Lecturer (Teaching) - Spanish kristina.pla-fernandez@durham.ac.uk
Ms Nuria Polo-Pérez Lecturer (Teaching) - Spanish nuria.polo-perez@durham.ac.uk
Mr Roger Ravanelli Deputy Director roger.ravanelli@durham.ac.uk
Ms Giusy Stott Lecturer (Teaching) / Italian Language Programme Coordinator (Centre for Foreign Language Study) giuseppina.stott@durham.ac.uk
Ms Motoko Takahashi Lecturer (Teaching) - Japanese motoko.takahashi-wilson@durham.ac.uk
Miss Cynthia Tavars Lecturer (Teaching) - French Contact Cynthia Tavars
Dr Kaoru Umezawa Assistant Professor (Teaching) - Japanese Contact Kaoru Umezawa
Ms Irene Velasco-Lopez Lecturer (Teaching) - Spanish irene.velasco-lopez@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Heesoo Warner Lecturer (Teaching) - Korean heesoo.warner@durham.ac.uk