School Leadership
School Leadership Team for academic year 2026-27
Head of School: Professor Diego Sánchez-Ancochea
Head of Administration and Finance: Hayley Morris
Deputy Head of School: Professor Rebekah Lee
Director of Graduate Studies: Professor Paul Irwin Crookes
Director of DPhil Studies: Dr Janey Messina
Research Director: Professor Anna Lora-Wainwright
REF Coordinator: Professor Rachel Murphy
Chair of OSGA Examinations Board: Professor Eduardo Posada-Carbo
Programmes & Institutes Directors
African Studies: Professor Rita Abrahamsen
Contemporary Chinese Studies: Professor Rachel Murphy (covering Professor Denise Van Der Kamp)
Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme: Professor Adnan Naseemullah
Global and Area Studies: Dr Chigusa Yamaura
Latin American Centre: Professor Eduardo Posada-Carbo
Middle East Studies: Professor Yaacov Yadgar
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies: Professor Sho Konishi
Russian and East European Studies: Professor Michael Rochlitz
Disability Team
OSGA Disability Lead: Professor Paul Irwin Crookes
OSGA Disability Coordinator: Eliza Flindall (helps ensure that adjustments necessary to meet the day-to-day needs of students are put in place)
EDI Lead
Harassment Advisors
Mandy Wassell and Millie Oates (currently on secondment)
Professor Nicolette Makovicky and Dr Miles Tendi