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Current Students

If you're a current student, this section tells you who you can contact for help with academic and pastoral issues that you might be facing
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General Contacts

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Administration

This is where you will find the contact details for our Professional Services colleagues
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Arabic Studies

Our Department of Arabic can boast an international reputation in the field of Arabic and Middle Eastern studies
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Chinese Studies

Durham has a long history of teaching East Asian languages: our first lecturer in Chinese was appointed in 1952
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French Studies

Our teaching and research benefits from a wide range of staff expertise across French and Francophone cultures from the Middle Ages to the present day
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German Studies

Our colleagues in German Studies cover a rich selection of challenging and rewarding areas of German language and culture
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Hispanic Studies

Our colleagues in Hispanic Studies include internationally recognised experts in literature, film, and cultural studies from the Middle Ages to the present day
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Italian Studies

Italian at Durham is one of the top Italian units in the UK, regularly appearing in the top five in major national league tables
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Japanese Studies

Japanese language, literature and related subjects have been studied at Durham University for well over half a century

Russian Studies

In addition to our language courses, our research in Russian Studies spans the period from the seventeenth century to the present
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Translation Studies

Translation is the rock upon which MLAC is built. Though it interests most of us, we list here only those of us who teach, practice or carry out research into translation
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Visual Arts and Film

The interests of our colleagues in Visual Arts and Film span from ancient Rome to today, and are almost global in their geographical reach
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Centre for Foreign Language Study

Our colleagues in CFLS offer courses in up to twenty different languages for students, staff and members of the public
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Meet our staff

Get to know our members of staff, and learn more about their work and research interests.

Meet our staff

Current Students

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

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 Learning and Teaching Administrator helen.j.cant@durham.ac.uk 
Mrs Joanna 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 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

Deputy Head of School (People and Workplace Culture)

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
Professor Daniel Newman Professor 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

Professor Qing Cao

Professor

Director of Studies (Chinese)

qing.cao@durham.ac.uk
Miss V Chu Lecturer (Teaching) w.v.chu@durham.ac.uk
Dr Yunhan Hu Assistant Professor yunhan.hu@durham.ac.uk
Dr Jin Huang Assistant Professor  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

Director of Studies (Japanese)

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  dominique.carlini-versini@durham.ac.uk
Dr Laura Chuhan Campbell Associate Professor l.j.campbell@durham.ac.uk
Professor Jan Clarke Professor jan.clarke@durham.ac.uk
Professor David Cowling Professor Contact David Cowling
Dr Amaleena Damlé

Associate Professor

Deputy Director of Research (Grants)

amaleena.damle@durham.ac.uk
Professor Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze Professor catherine.dousteyssier@durham.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Hickmott

Associate Professor

Director of Postgraduate Taught Studies

sarah.hickmott@durham.ac.uk
Professor Christopher Lloyd Emeritus Professor c.d.lloyd@durham.ac.uk
Dr Simon McKinnon Assistant Professor  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  gerald.moore@durham.ac.uk
Prof John O'Brien Emeritus Professor john.o'brien@durham.ac.uk
Dr Orane Onyekpe-Touzet Teaching Fellow orane.onyekpe-touzet@durham.ac.uk
Mme Vasanti Piette Assistant Professor  vasanti.piette@durham.ac.uk
Miss Ludivine Pla Language Assistant ludivine.pla@durham.ac.uk
Dr Zoë Roth Associate Professor zoe.roth@durham.ac.uk
Professor Marc Schachter

Professor

Director of Studies (French)

marc.schachter@durham.ac.uk
Professor Richard Scholar Professor richard.scholar@durham.ac.uk
Professor Luke Sunderland Professor luke.sunderland@durham.ac.uk
Professor Ed Welch

Professor

Head of School

edward.j.welch@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Thomas Wynn Professor thomas.wynn@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 fusako.innami@durham.ac.uk
Dr Kayo Kondo Assistant Lecturer (Teaching) kayo.kondo@durham.ac.uk
Ms Ritsuko Koso-Kirk Assistant Professor  ritsuko.koso@durham.ac.uk
Dr Dario Lolli Assistant Professor dario.lolli@durham.ac.uk
Mr Don Starr 

Assistant Professor

Director of Studies (Japanese)

d.f.starr@durham.ac.uk
Ms Sayo Wilkinson Lecturer (Teaching) sayo.wilkinson@durham.ac.uk

 

Russian Studies

Professor Andy Byford

Professor

Director of Research

andy.byford@durham.ac.uk
Dr Ekaterina Chown Associate Professor (Teaching) ekaterina.chown@durham.ac.uk
Mrs Branka Grundy Assistant Professor branka.grundy@durham.ac.uk
Professor Alexandra Harrington

Professor

Deputy Executive Dean (People and Workplace Culture)

a.k.harrington@durham.ac.uk
Dr Viktoria Ivleva Associate Professor 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

Director of Studies

dusan.radunovic@durham.ac.uk
Professor S Tyulenev Professor sergey.tyulenev@durham.ac.uk 
Dr Panayiotis Xenophontos Teaching Fellow panayiotis.xenophontos@durham.ac.uk 
Mrs Olga Zabotkina Lecturer o.a.zabotkina@durham.ac.uk
Professor Patrick Zuk Professor of Russian Cultural Studies and Music patrick.zuk@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
Dr Yoonjoung Choi Lecturer (Teaching) - Korean Contact Yoonjoung Choi
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
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
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
Ms Giusy Stott Lecturer (Teaching) / Italian Language Programme Coordinator (Centre for Foreign Language Study) giuseppina.stott@durham.ac.uk
Dr Kaoru Umezawa Assistant Professor (Teaching) - Japanese Contact Kaoru Umezawa
Mrs Heesoo Warner Lecturer (Teaching) - Korean heesoo.warner@durham.ac.uk