Middle Eastern Studies
Senior Language Teaching Officer in Arabic
Email address:
Telephone:
+44 (0)1223
Fellow of:
Clare College
Director of Studies at:
Clare College
Biography:
Rachael Harris did a BA in Arabic and Linguistics at Cambridge University. Her PhD, also at Cambridge was on truth-telling in Arabic conversation, based on fieldwork in an Egyptian village. She returned to teach Arabic in the Faculty in 1986 and has been teaching here ever since. Dr Harris is co-author of Breakthrough Arabic (also entitled Just Listen ’n’ Learn Arabic) with Nadira Auty and Clive Holes.
Teaching responsibilities:
Dr Harris teaches Arabic and is involved in Arabic language course design.