Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA
Islamic art, with particular reference to Iran and Syria; medieval architecture, book painting and iconography
- Fellow type
- UK Emeritus Fellow
- Year elected
- 2008
- Subjects
- Art history, Medieval studies
Current post
Professor of Islamic Art History, University of St Andrews; Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh
Past appointments
University of St Andrews Professor of Islamic Art History
2013 -
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Eleanor Robson FBA
History of literacy, numeracy and knowledge in ancient Middle Eastern cuneiform cultures; history and politics of archaeology and heritage in modern Iraq; open-access digital humanities approaches to cuneiform
Professor Michael Cook FBA
The history of the Islamic world; the formation & development of traditional Islamic thought, & its implications in the modern world; Islamic thought, & its implications in the modern world; Islamic history in comparative perspective.
Professor Peter Biller FBA
Medieval history; heresy, inquisition & 'religions': university texts as the locus for medieval thought about contemporary social topics such as medicine, peoples and population.
