Staff
The work of the department is supported by a team of Museum Assistants and administrative staff.
Curatorial staff:
Ladan Akbarnia
Assistant Keeper, Islamic Collections
Iran, Central Asia and India
Rupert Chapman
Curator, Levantine Archaeology
Sarah Collins
Assistant Keeper, Early Mesopotamia collections
Early Mesopotamia
John Curtis
Keeper of Special Middle Eastern Projects
Irving Finkel
Assistant Keeper
Ancient Mesopotamian (i.e. Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian) script, languages and cultures
Alexandra Fletcher
Assistant Keeper, Anatolia and Prehistory
Turkish archaeological material and Prehistoric collections within the Department of the Middle East
Venetia Porter
Assistant Keeper (Curator)
Islamic and contemporary Middle East
Seth Priestman
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Collaborative Doctoral Award candidate
Fahmida Suleman
Curator
Modern Middle East
St John Simpson
Assistant Keeper, Iran & Arabia
Ancient Iran and Arabia
Nigel Tallis
Assistant Keeper, later Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia 1500-539 B.C.
Jonathan Taylor
Assistant Keeper, Cuneiform collections
Mesopotamia
Jonathan N. Tubb
Keeper of the Department of the Middle East.