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Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS)

Staff and Governance

To contact the IMEMS administrative office please use the following details:

For the Administrator (maternity cover)

E: manager.imems@durham.ac.uk

T: 0191 334 6574

For the Administrative Assistant

E: admin.imems@durham.ac.uk

T: 0191 334 42974

CORE EXECUTIVE:

Associate Director (World Heritage): Professor Robin Coningham - view profile

Associate Director: Professor Barbara Ravelhofer - view profile

Core Staff

The day-to-day running of IMEMS is the responsibility of the Core Executive Committee, comprising the Director and Associate Directors and the Administrator. 

Dr Maria Dimova-Cookson, BA (Sofia), MA (York), DPhil (York)

Associate Professor in Political Theory in the School of Government and International Affairs
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 47182
Room number: SE008, Southend House

Contact Dr Maria Dimova-Cookson (email at maria.dimova-cookson@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

Maria Dimova-Cookson completed her DPhil in Politics on the political philosophy of the British idealists at the University of York. She has previously studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Sofia University and MA in political philosophy at the University of York. Her academic appointments have been at UCL, as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, UEA, as a visiting fellow and University of Sheffield as a lecturer in political theory. Since September 2005 Dr Dimova-Cookson has been a lecturer in politics at Durham University.

Dr Dimova-Cookson has been actively involved in the setting up and the running of the PSA British idealism specialist group. She has been a co-editor and is currently on the editorial board of the journal Contemporary Political Theory. She has been involved in the work of Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought by convening the annual conference in 2012. Dr Dimova-Cookson is a director of the Centre for the History of Political Thought.

Indicators of Esteem

Research Groups

School of Government and International Affairs

  • Durham Human Rights Centre (Law School)
  • Nations, Nationalisms and Diasporas
  • Political Theory

Research Interests

  • British idealism and British political thought in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century
  • Theories of liberty
  • Justice and human rights
  • Multiculturalism
  • The political philosophy of the British Idealists, moral issues in contemporary political theory: the nature of the moral good, solution of moral conflicts

Publications

Authored book

Chapter in book

Edited book

Journal Article

Full Executive Committee

Our Full Executive Committee is made up of the Core Executive Committee, listed above, plus a number of executive members including:

International Advisory Board

We are extremely fortunate to have be able to call on the help and guidance of colleagues from around the world who help to shape and guide our direction, strategy and international reach. Our current Advisory Board members are: