Dr Hilary Kalmbach is a cultural and social historian whose work focuses on Islam in the modern Middle East. Her research focuses on the impact of the processes of reform and modernisation that radically transformed the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Her work, much of which looks at authority, knowledge, and education, highlights how Islam, its traditions, and its institutions have been (and continue to be) reinvented to fit within - and even advance - reform projects. Aspects of her work address gender, colonialism, transnational ties, and the cross-cultural transfer of ideas and practices

She was previously the Sir Christopher Cox Junior Fellow at New College, Oxford. She now holds a tenure-track position in the History Department at the University of Sussex.

Her full website is now locaed at www.hilarykalmbach.com