- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2007
10-Minute Talks: Saladin and the Crusades – medieval and modern perspectives
3 Feb 2021 Professor Carole Hillenbrand FBA
Professor Carole Hillenbrand FBA discusses the growing interest in studying the Crusades from Islamic perspectives.

Current post
Professor Emerita of Islamic History, University of Edinburgh; Professor of Islamic History, University of St Andrews
Past appointments
University of St Andrews Professor Emerita of Islamic History
2013 -
University of Edinburgh Professor Emerita
2008 -
Dartmouth College, USA Visiting Professor
2005 -
University of Groningen, Netherlands Visiting Professor
2002 -
University of Edinburgh Professor of Islamic History, University of Edinburgh
2000 -
University of Edinburgh Reader in Islamic History
1990 - 2000
Publications
Turkish myth and Muslim symbol: the Battle of Manzikert
Published in 2007
The Crusades: Islamic perspectives
Published in 1999
A Muslim principality in Crusader times: the early Artuqid state
Published in 1990
The waning of the Umayyad caliphate
Published in 1989
What is Islamic studies?
27 May 2020 Professor Carole Hillenbrand FBA
Professor Carole Hillenbrand explains how the academic discipline of Islamic studies seeks to explain what the Islamic world has achieved in the past and what the future holds for it.
