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People

 

  Name  Role   
CCS Executive and Administration Professor Karen Kilby Director of the CCS and Bede Professor of Catholic Theology karen.kilby@durham.ac.uk
Tim Guinan Senior Development Manager (CCS) tim.guinan@durham.ac.uk
Theresa Phillips CCS Manager and PA to the Director theresa.phillips@durham.ac.uk
Catherine Tuckwell Administrator for the CCS and Northern Diaconal Formation Partnership  catherine.tuckwell@durham.ac.uk 
CCS Staff Dr James Kelly Sweeting Associate Professor in the History of Catholicism james.kelly3@durham.ac.uk
Canon Professor Paul D Murray Co-Director of the CCS and Professor of Systematic Theology paul.murray@durham.ac.uk
Dr Marcus Pound Associate Professor of Catholic Studies m.j.p.pound@durham.ac.uk
Dr Nomi Pritz-Bennett Career Development Fellow nomi.pritz-bennett@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Anna Rowlands St Hilda Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice anna.rowlands@durham.ac.uk
Professor Rik Van Nieuwenhove Associate Professor of Medieval Thought  rik.van-nieuwenhove@durham.ac.uk
  Dr Clare Watkins Professor (Research) on the ‘Mobilisation for a Healthier Church’ Project clare.watkins@durham.ac.uk 
CCS Research Fellows  Dr Sarah Barthelemy Catherine de Francheville Fellow in the History of Catholicism  sarah.barthelemy@durham.ac.uk 
Dr William (Billy) Crozier Leverhulme Early Career Fellow william.e.crozier@durham.ac.uk
Dr Eilish Gregory Little Company of Mary Fellow in the History of Catholicism eilish.gregory@durham.ac.uk 
Dr Gregory A. Ryan Assistant Professor and Academic Co-ordinator of the Northern Diaconal Formation Partnership g.a.ryan@durham.ac.uk
Dr Liam Temple  Capuchin Fellow in the History of Catholicism  liam.p.temple@durham.ac.uk
Other CCS Staff Professor Lewis Ayres Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology l.o.ayres@durham.ac.uk
Dr Krastu Banev Assistant Professor of Theology krastu.banev@durham.ac.uk
Dr Mary Brooks Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology  mary.brooks@durham.ac.uk 
Dr Jonathan Bush Archivist, Ushaw College jonathan.bush@durham.ac.uk
Professor Stefano Cracolici Professor in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures stefano.cracolici@durham.ac.uk  

Professor Giles Gasper 

Professor in High Medieval History  g.e.m.gasper@durham.ac.uk 
Dr Michael Gilmore Former Academic Registrar (Head of Academic Office) in the Academic Office michael.j.gilmore@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Mathew Guest Professor in the Sociology of Religion m.j.guest@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Chris Insole Professor of Theological Ethics and Head of the Department of Theology and Religion christopher.insole@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Gerard Loughlin Professor of Christian Theology gerard.loughlin@durham.ac.uk 
Dr Jonathan Miles-Watson Associate Professor of the Anthropology of Religion jonathan.miles-watson@durham.ac.uk 
Rev Canon Professor Simon Oliver Van Mildert Professor of Divinity simon.oliver@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Alec Ryrie Professor of the History of Christianity alec.ryrie@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Michael Snape Michael Ramsey Canon Professor of Anglican Studies michael.snape@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Peter Ward Professorial Fellow in Ecclesiology and Ethnography peter.ward@durham.ac.uk 
Professor Bennett Zon Professor in the Department of Music  bennett.zon@durham.ac.uk 

 CCS Student Members 

The CCS has a vibrant community of student members taking a variety of taught and research postgraduate courses. 

 

Students on palace green

 

Avril Baigent

John Baskaran

Joseph Beakhouse

Alexander Bellew

Zoe Boyle

Adrian Brooks

Mao Cheng

Lewis Davis

Colin Donnelly

Rev. Andrew Downie

Kyrillos ElMacari

Philippa Evans

Madison Keightley-Phillipps

Jay Kinsella

Christopher Lamb

Lucia Luck

Claire Marsland

Brendan McMullan

Amanda Murjan

Florence O’Taylor

Gaël Pardoën

Br Tommy Piolata

 

Lucy Rauer

Francis Romano

Gareth Rowe

Nathan Smith

John Stayne

Stephanie Targett

Fr Trevor Tibbertsma

Wojciech Tylawski

Tim Wright

Piotr Wygnanski

Hikari Yamane

Honorary Visiting Faculty

Name Affiliation Role
Dr Cormac Begadon

Durham University

Sepulchrine Fellow in the History of Catholicism

Dr Victoria Biggs  La Retraite Fellow in Lived Theology, Trauma, and Reconciliation  victoria.m.biggs@durham.ac.uk
Professor Eamon Duffy

University of Cambridge 

Honorary Professor of the History of Catholicism

Dr Maria Exall    Honorary Fellow 
Br Dr Brendan Geary, FMS

Provincial of the Marist Brothers, West-Central Europe

Honorary Fellow 
Dr Alana Harris King's College London

Honorary Fellow in the Study of Lived Catholicism 

Rev Prof Stan Chu Ilo, PhD

DePaul University, Chicago

Honorary Professor 
Professor John McCafferty

University College Dublin

Honorary Professor of the History of Catholicism

Professor Michael Questier

Vanderbilt University

Honorary Professor of the History of Catholicism 

Dr Catherine Sexton

Durham University

Honorary Fellow

Sr Dr Barbara Stafford, RLR

Congregation of La Retraite

Honorary Fellow

Professor Maurice Whitehead 

Venerable English College, Rome

Honorary Professor of Catholic History 

Professor Myriam Wijlens 

University of Erfurt 

Honorary Professor of Canon Law

Rev Dr Hans Zollner, SJ 

Pontifical Gregorian University

Honorary Fellow