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 | Professor Eleanor Robson, 果冻影院Principal InvestigatorEleanor is Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History at 果冻影院, with a particular focus on Iraq. She joined the university in 2013 from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge (2004-13) and the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford (1995-2003). She served as Chair of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq (2012鈥�17) and was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2022. She was Head of 果冻影院's History Department from 听2018 to 2023. Eleanor's research has three main focal points:
In her capacity as DIrector of the Nahrein Network project, Eleanor has overall responsibility for the Network, overseeing expansion, ethics, and risk. She also听leads on ancient history, languages, and digital humanities. |
 | Dr Mehiyar Kathem, 果冻影院Deputy Director and Senior Researcher听Dr Mehiyar Kathem is the听Nahrein Network Deputy Director. As part of his role, Mehiyar supervises all the network鈥檚 programmes, including Research Grants,听Visiting Scholarships and Graduate Studentships.听He is also Programme Lead for AcademIQ,听a multi-year programme designed to support Iraqi researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences with academic skills development. He also assists Iraqi academics and professionals during their stay in the UK. His role includes developing partnerships and communication with Iraqi Government institutions, domestic NGOs and academics. Mehiyar completed a PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) where he researched peacebuilding interventions and the formation of Iraq's domestic NGO sector after the 2003 War. During this research, he looked at the gradual evolution of Iraq from totalitarian dictatorship through the country's emerging domestic organisations. His research interests include statebuilding, civil society peacebuilding and the ways in which development, politics and money interact at a local level. In 2012 and 2013, Mehiyar conducted field research in Iraq for his PhD programme, spending a year meeting with and interviewing domestic NGO actors, political parties, government officials and international donors.听 He tweets at and blogs on .听 |
 | Dr Misha Enayat笔谤辞箩别肠迟听础诲尘颈苍颈蝉迟谤补迟辞谤Misha is the Nahrein Project Administrator. One of her main roles is to act as the single point of contact for your inquiries over email, as well as for applications to the Network's Grants, Visiting Scholarship Scheme and Graduate Studentship and any resulting reports. Misha also supports the core team in putting in place any needed contracts, making payments and general day-to-day administrative assistance. Misha鈥檚 doctoral research, undertaken at the University of Southampton, explored food practices and their sociopolitical significance in pre-Roman Iron Age Britain. Her research interests include food histories, the material culture of consumption, and archaeologies of colonialism and identity. She has previously held other administrative roles within 果冻影院鈥檚 History Department and served as Network Administrator on the Leverhulme-funded Reimagining Italianit脿 international research network. |
 | Zainab MahdiCommunications and Social Media OfficerZainab is the Communications and Social Media Officer to The Nahrein Network. She听looks after all the network鈥檚 communications, including the network鈥檚 website, newsletters and social media platforms, in addition to organizing events. |