Edited by Paul Collins, Curator for Ancient Near East, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, and Charles Tripp, Professor of Middle East Politics, University of London

Magnus T. Bernhardsson, Williams College
Helen Berry, Newcastle University
Tamara Chalab, historian and writer on cultural affairs
Paul Collins, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford
Lisa Cooper, University of British Columbia
Saad B. Eskander, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Mark P.C. Jackson, Newcastle University
Ian Johnson, American University in the Emirates
Moayad Hanoush, Birmingham University
Rosalind Wade Haddon, British Museum
Peter Sluglett, National University of Singapore
Charles Tripp FBA, University of London
Dr Lamia al-Gailani Werr, University College London
Myriam Yakoubi, Paris 8 University

"This book marks a new quality in Gertrude Bell scholarship. The majority of the contributors, recruited from the conference, are an inspiring group of experts. The editors — Paul Collins and Charles Tripp, curator at the Ashmolean Museum, professor of politics at SOAS and fellow of the British Academy, respectively — set the high standards of the book in their Introduction. This finely written, concise and contextualised biography of Gertrude Bell signals the peculiar problems about her legacy, beginning with her background and social status, and the privileges she often had no qualms resorting to." - Julia Szoltysek, European Legacy

"provide[s] a good introduction to the varied interests of Bell and her standing in history" - Musings on Iraq

"this is a fascinating and significant collection of papers." - Mike Pitts, British Archaeology

Edited by Paul Collins, Curator for Ancient Near East, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, and Charles Tripp, Professor of Middle East Politics, University of London

Magnus T. Bernhardsson, Williams College
Helen Berry, Newcastle University
Tamara Chalab, historian and writer on cultural affairs
Paul Collins, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford
Lisa Cooper, University of British Columbia
Saad B. Eskander, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Mark P.C. Jackson, Newcastle University
Ian Johnson, American University in the Emirates
Moayad Hanoush, Birmingham University
Rosalind Wade Haddon, British Museum
Peter Sluglett, National University of Singapore
Charles Tripp FBA, University of London
Dr Lamia al-Gailani Werr, University College London
Myriam Yakoubi, Paris 8 University

"This book marks a new quality in Gertrude Bell scholarship. The majority of the contributors, recruited from the conference, are an inspiring group of experts. The editors — Paul Collins and Charles Tripp, curator at the Ashmolean Museum, professor of politics at SOAS and fellow of the British Academy, respectively — set the high standards of the book in their Introduction. This finely written, concise and contextualised biography of Gertrude Bell signals the peculiar problems about her legacy, beginning with her background and social status, and the privileges she often had no qualms resorting to." - Julia Szoltysek, European Legacy

"provide[s] a good introduction to the varied interests of Bell and her standing in history" - Musings on Iraq

"this is a fascinating and significant collection of papers." - Mike Pitts, British Archaeology