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Vaiou, Maria . 1994-2002

Forthcoming books: A general bibliography of Byzantine-Muslim diplomatic relations; Dictionary of Byzantine-Muslim diplomacy; Diplomacy in the early Islamic World. Ibn al-Farra's Kitab Rusul al-Muluk (Messengers of Kings): A tenth century diplomatic treatise on Arab-Byzantine relations, I.B. Tauris, 2009; Byzantium and the Muslim World: a Bibliographical guide.

Van Nooijen, Oscar. 2000-2003

Oscar came up to Queen's in October 2000 to read Modern History & Politics. In Trinity 2001 he was elected President of the JCR. After taking Schools in May and June of 2003, he stayed on at Queen's as Assistant to the Home Bursar, before taking over as the College's Old Members' Officer in October 2003, a position he enjoys immensely. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, architecture, history, serving as a school governor, walking in the countryside, and standing for parliament as the Labour candidate in Newbury, Berkshire.

Venables, Phil. 1989-1990

Phil completed the M.Sc in Computation at the Programming Research Group after reading Computer Science at York. He is now Global Head of Information Security for Goldman Sachs. He lives in New York.

Virdi, Arhat Singh. 1995-1998

Arhat read P.P.E. at Queen's. He is about to complete his doctoral studies at the L.S.E. on the concept of truth. He teaches for the departments of Philosophy, Economics and Mathematics there. He hopes soon to begin an academic career.