Derek Hopwood OBE[1] (d. 23 March 2020[2]) was an emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College,[3][4] Oxford, and University Reader in Modern Middle Eastern Studies.
[5] Hopwood was the founding president Middle East Libraries Committee, a post which he kept until 1990.
[6] He was holder of the RISMES Award (2003) for Services to Middle Eastern Studies in Britain.
He was also for several years director of the Middle East Centre (MEC) at St Antony's College.
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