Carole Hillenbrand

Carole Hillenbrand is professor of Islamic History at the University of Edinburgh. She is currently the Vice-President of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies and a Member of the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics. Her research interests include "The Crusades; Islamic political thought; medieval and modern concepts of jihad; Arabic and Persian travel literature."

C. Edmund Bosworth

Clifford Edmund Bosworth (born December 29, 1928, Sheffield, United Kingdom) is an English historian and orientalist, specializing in Arabic studies. He received his B.A. degree from Oxford University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Edinburgh University. He held permanent posts at St. Andrews University, Manchester University, and Center for the Humanities at Princeton University. He is the author of about 100 articles in academic journals and composite volumes. His other contributions include nearly 200 articles in the Encyclopaedia of Islam and some 100 articles in the Encyclopedia Iranica, as well as articles for Encyclopædia Britannica and Encyclopedia Americana. Professor Bosworth is a Fellow of the British Academy. He's currently a visiting professor at the University of Exeter, where he has held the post since 2004.