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 Trinity Term 2025.

Visiting Fellows

Professor Idris Bedirhanoglu, MSc (Harran University), PhD (Istanbul Technical University)

Visiting Fellow

Professor Vincent Biondo III, BA (UC San Diego), MA (San Diego State University), PhD (UC Santa Barbara)

Visiting Fellow

Dr Nagihan Doğan, MA, PhD (Hacettepe)

Visiting Fellow

Dr Chouki El Hamel, PhD (Sorbonne)

Abdul Aziz al-Mutawa Visiting Fellow

Dr Ikram Haque, BA, MA (Jamia Millia Islamia), MPhil, PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru)

Atlas Visiting Fellow

Dr Imran Hashmi, BCS (UMT), MS, PhD (KTH-Royal Instit. Technology, Stockholm)

Visiting Fellow

Dr Hayati Ismail, B.Ed. TESL, M.Ed. TESL (UPM), PhD (Warwick)

Visiting Fellow

Dr Ziyaad Mahomed, MBA (MACOSA), BBA (Anglia Ruskin), PhD (INCEIF)

SC-OCIS Visiting Fellow in Islamic Finance

Dr Muhammad Naseem, BS (Agricultural University, Peshawar), MPhil (Punjab), PhD (Wuerzburg)

Visiting Fellow

Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, ACCA, ICAEW, MIA

Sultan bin Abdulaziz Visiting Fellow

Visiting Research Fellows

Dr Ayesha AlKetbi, MJ (Sharjah), PhD (Sharjah)

Visiting Research Fellow

Dr Alexandra Cotofana, PhD (Indiana-Bloomington)

Visiting Research Fellow

Dr Abdul Latif Finch, BA (Zatuna College), MA (Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology), PhD (Exeter)

Visiting Research Fellow

Dr Sarah Hopkyns, BA (Lancaster), MA, PhD (Leicester)

Visiting Research Fellow

Dr Fatima Kadić, BA, MA, PhD (Sarajevo)

Imam Bukhari Visiting Research Fellow

Dr Zilola Khalilova, B.Sci.,  MA (Tashkent State Pedagogical University), MA (Mickiewicz), PhD (Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan)

Imam Tirmizi Visiting Research Fellow

Dr Yusuf Oldac, BA (Bogazici), MSc (METU), DPhil (Oxon)

Visiting Research Fellow

Dr Lu Xia, BA, MA (Wuhan), PhD (Fudan)

Visiting Research Fellow

Academic Visitors

Mr Wan Jamaludin bin Wan Abdul Wahap, MPS (Curtin), BSocSc (UNIMAS)

Sarawak Sabbatical Academic Visitor

Dr Erdal Harunoğulları, MSc, PhD (Sakarya University)

Academic Visitor

Dr Sabba Mirza, LLM, PhD (Copenhagen)

Academic Visitor

Dr Beata Polok, LLM, PhD (Silesia)

Academic Visitor

Professor Maged Shebaita, PhD (TSUL), PhD (SOAS), LLM (UCL), PhD, LLM, LLB (Cairo)

Academic Visitor

Ms Sefika Trampa, BA, MA, PhD (Istanbul)

Academic Visitor