Visiting Fellows
The Visiting Fellowships programme enables scholars to undertake a period of independent study and research at Oxford and contribute, as members of the Centre, to the wider academic life of Oxford. Listed below are Visiting Fellows, Visiting Research Fellows and Academic Visitors in residence during Michaelmas Term 2026.
To find out more about how to apply, please visit the Visiting Fellowships page here.
Visiting Fellows
Dr Jokha Alharti, PhD (Edinburgh)
Visiting Fellow
Dr Khaled Almohammedi, BSL (Umm Al-Qura), M.C.Jur., PhD (IIUM)
Visiting Fellow
Dr Iman Al-Rujaibi, BA (Sultan Qaboos), MA (Al al-Bayt), PhD (Birmingham)
Visiting Fellow
Professor Dr Idris Bedirhanoglu, MSc (Harran), PhD (Istanbul Technical)
Visiting Fellow
Dr Issouf Binate, MA, PhD (Cocody)
OCIS-AfOx Visiting Fellow
Dr Tuba Eldham, BA (Bogaziçi), MA (Birmingham), PhD (Toronto)
Abdullah Gul Visiting Fellow
Mr Ahmed Hammad, LLB (Al-Azhar), LLM (Mansoura), LLM (Emory)
Chevening Visiting Fellow
Ms Majdoulene Kerish, BEng (Loughborough), MPhil (Cantab), EMIF (INCEIF)
Chevening Visiting Fellow
Dr Rasha Khalil, MSc (UoW – Bangor), PhD, PhD (Chongqing)
Chevening Visiting Fellow
Ms Myriam Kherif, BSc (ESCE), MBA (IE)
Chevening Visiting Fellow
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, ACCA, ICAEW, MIA
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Visiting Fellow
Dr Makato Sawai, BA (Tenri), MA (Tohoku), PhD (Tohoku)
Visiting Fellow
Dr Luděk Sekyra, DPhil (Charles)
Tan Sri Dr Lim Wee Chai Visiting Fellow
Dr Anood Sohail, BSc (Kinnaird), MSc (UCL), DPhil (Cantab)
Visiting Fellow
Dr Kamilya Tleubayeva, BBA, MA (L.N. Gumilyov ENU), LLM (Maqsut Narikbayev), PhD (L.N. Gumilyov ENU)
Chevening Visiting Fellow
Visiting Research Fellows
Dr Rusmir Šadić, BA, MA (Sarajevo), PhD (Zagreb))
Imam Bukhari Visiting Research Fellow
Academic Visitors
Mr Abdulaziz Alotaibi, BA (San Diego), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Pennsylvania)
Academic Visitor
Dr Kübra Çetin, BA (Marmara), MA (Ankara), PhD (Ankara)
Academic Visitor
Mr Mohammed Toualbia, BA (Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne), MA (Paris IV, Sorbonne), MA (EHESS), MA (Paris III, Sorbonne Nvlle)
Academic Visitor