Dr Karen Attar Librarian at the University of London’s Senate House Library & an Associate Research Fellow at its Institute of English Studies Dr Karen Attar is the Rare Books Librarian at the University of London’s Senate House Library, and an Associate Research Fellow at its Institute of English Studies (see http://research.sas.ac.uk/ies/fellow/516/dr-karen-attar/). She has [...]
Prof Salim Ayduz Director of Heritage Department at British Muslim Heritage Centre Professor Salim Ayduz is currently Director at the British Muslim Heritage Centre, Manchester, UK at the Centre’s Heritage Department. He is Chief Editor for two websites: http://heritageofislam.co.uk/ & www.islamandscience.co.uk. Since 1998, Dr Ayduz holds a PhD in “History of Ottoman Firearms and Cannon Founding [...]
Prof Keun-Wook Paik Senior Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES); Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment, Development Programme, The Chatham House Professor Keun-Wook Paik is a specialist on Northeast Asia’s oil and gas issues, in particular Sino-Russian oil and gas cooperation, China’s natural gas industry, and DPRK’s offshore oil exploration. Dr Paik [...]
Mr Zhang Jiming Minister Counsellor, Chinese Embassy in the UK Mr Zhang Jiming, Minister Counsellor, Chinese Embassy in the UK. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1991 and served as Division Director of the Department of European Affairs and Deputy Director General of the General Office, MFA. He held overseas diplomatic [...]
Dr Natasha Kuhrt Lecturer, Department of War Studies - King's College London Dr Kuhrt is a lecturer at KCL. She convenes and teaches BA in International Law, Human Rights and Intervention, MA in Law and Conflict in International Society, Nationalism and Security, Gender in International Politics and Security. Her research interests include but [...]
Stephen Phillips CEO of China-Britain Business Council Stephen Phillips joined the China- Britain Business Council as Chief Executive in June 2006. Stephen has been actively engaged in business in and with China since 1989 and his experience spans a number of sectors including aerospace, oil, gas and petrochemicals, infrastructure, ICT and financial services. [...]
Dr Maria Iacovou Director of Social Sciences Research Methods Centre (SSRMC), University of Cambridge, UK Maria Iacovou is the Director of the Social Sciences Research Methods Centre at the University of Cambridge, responsible for delivering training in research methods to postgraduate students across a large number of disciplines in the University; she is [...]
Prof Gilbert Achcar Department of Development Studies, The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK Gilbert has degrees in Philosophy (ESL, Beirut), Social Sciences (UL, Beirut) and Social History/International Relations (University of Paris-VIII). He taught and/or researched in various universities and research centres in Beirut, Berlin and Paris. Gilbert's research interests and [...]
Prof Heidi A Ross School of Education, Indiana University & Director, East Asian Studies Center I am Director of the East Asian Studies Center and Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Indiana University. I earned my B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature at Oberlin College, an M.A. in Education/Applied Linguistics at the University of Michigan, [...]
Ozlem Erden Associate at LCSS & Researcher at Indiana University Ozlem Erden is a Fulbright sponsored PhD student in Curriculum Studies program at Indiana University, Bloomington. She received a BA in Science Teaching from Hacettepe University, and an MSc in Curriculum and Instruction from Middle East Technical University. She also holds a post [...]
