The Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World
CASAW is the result of a UK government initiative to build crucial expertise on the Arab World based on a knowledge of the Arabic language coupled with advanced research methods skills in the social and political sciences, arts and humanities.
Umayyad Mosque Damascus |
For details on CASAW's conference, Rethinking Jihad: Ideas, Politics and Conflict in the Arab World and Beyond, please visit the conference website
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CASAW Directors and Staff
Director
Dr Elisabeth Kendall
Co-Directors
Professor Hoda Elsadda
Administrator
CASAW Partner Institutions
University of Edinburgh
University of Manchester
University of Durham






