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Podcast: Better Known
Episode: Elisabeth Kendall
Description: Elisabeth Kendall discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Elisabeth Kendall is Mistress-elect of Girton College, Cambridge, and Senior Research Fellow in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Pembroke College, Oxford. Her current work examines how militant jihad groups exploit cultural traditions and local dynamics. Previously, she was at the Universities of Edinburgh and Harvard, and served as Director of a UK government-sponsored Centre focused on building Arabic-based research expertise.
Elisabeth has lectured at governmental, military and scholarly institutions all around the world and is a frequent contributor to international television and print...