Committee 2026-27
PRESIDENT and CONFERENCE ORGANISER 2026-27: Prof Johanna Stiebert, University of Leeds. Email: biajspresident@gmail.com; J.Stiebert@leeds.ac.uk
SECRETARY: Dr Lindsey Davidson, Department of Classics, Ancient History, Religion, and Theology, University of Bristol. Email: secretarybiajs@gmail.com; l.davidson@bristol.ac.uk
TREASURER: Prof Nathan Abrams, School of Arts, Culture and Language, University of Bangor. Email: n.abrams@bangor.ac.uk
BULLETIN EDITOR: Dr Sami Everett, Parkes Institute/Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. Email: S.Everett@soton.ac.uk
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: Dr Hannah Ewence, Faculty of Humanities, Cultures and Environment, University of Chester. Email: h.ewence@chester.ac.uk
WEB OFFICER: Prof Zuleika Rodgers, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College Dublin. Email: rodgersz@tcd.ie
SOCIAL MEDIA OFFICER: Dr Anoushka Alexander-Rose, Parkes Institute/Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. Email: A.Alexander-Rose@soton.ac.uk
PG REPRESENTATIVE: Ms Hannah Bash, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford. Email: hannah.bash@ames.ox.ac.uk
PhD STUDENTSHIP HOLDER (2026-): Ms Leah Lawford, Department of Classics, Ancient History, Religion & Theology, University of Exeter. Email: ll570@exeter.ac.uk
EVENTS OFFICER: Prof Sonia Gollance, Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College London. Email: s.gollance@ucl.ac.uk
PRESIDENT ELECT (for presidency in 2027-28): Prof Ben Outhwaite, Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library, University of Cambridge. Email: bmo10@cam.ac.uk
PRESIDENT EX OFFICIO 2026-27: Dr Ben Gidley, Department of Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck University of London. Email: b.gidley@bbk.ac.uk
General committee members:
Prof Mia Spiro (until 2028), School of Critical Studies, Department of Theology & Religious Studies, University of Glasgow. Email: Mia.Spiro@glasgow.ac.uk
Prof Meron Piotrkowski (until 2029), Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford. Email: meron.piotrkowski@ames.ox.ac.uk
Dr Juliet Carey (until 2031), Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Email: jvc34@cam.ac.uk
Prof Kimberley Czajkowski (until 2031), School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh. Email: k.czajkowski@ed.ac.uk
Prof Rotem Giladi (until 2031), Law School, University of Roehampton. Email: Rotem.Giladi@roehampton.ac.uk
Dr Anna Hájková (until 2031), Department of History, University of Warwick. Email: Anna.Hajkova@warwick.ac.uk
Prof Gavin Schaffer (until 2031), Department of History, Politics and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University. Email: G.Schaffer@mmu.ac.uk