Professor Carole Hillenbrand OBE

Professor Carole Hillenbrand is Professor Emerita of Islamic History at Edinburgh University and is now Professor of Islamic History at St Andrews University.  

In 2005 she was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in Islamic Studies - the first non-Muslim ever to receive this award. She has published seven books and many articles on the Crusades and Muslim history. She was awarded an OBE in 2009.