Members of the Centre of Jaina Studies
Chair
Peter Flügel
Chair, Centre for Jaina Studies
Jaina Studies; South Asian History & Culture; Anthropology & Sociology of Religion
- Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4776
- Email: pf8@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 593
- Office Hours: All Year - Fridays 3-5pm (during term time)
Crispin Branfoot
Architecture, sculpture and painting in South Asia, especially in southern India; pilgrimage and sacred geography; material religion; colonialism and material culture. - Tel: 020 7898 4450
- Email: crispin.branfoot@soas.ac.uk
- Room: B311
- Office Hours: Mondays 3-4pm (during term time)
Whitney Cox
Member, Centre of Jaina Studies
Sanskrit literature and literary theory, Tamil literature, intellectual and cultural history of South India, History of Saivism - Email: wc3@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 458
- On Sabbatical:2012-13
Rachel Dwyer
Member, Centre of Jaina Studies
Hindi Cinema; Indian popular culture; Indian film; Hinduism; new middle classes; Mumbai/Bombay; Gujarati language and literature; Gujarati diaspora esp UK and East Africa; comparative Indian literature. - Tel: 020 7898 4294
- Email: rd3@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 457
- On Sabbatical:2012-13, Terms 1 & 2
Werner F Menski
Member, Centre of Jaina Studies
Classical and modern Hindu law; Muslim Law; Laws of South Asia; Family law; Comparative law; South Asians in the UK; Immigration law; Ethnic minorities - Tel: 020 7898 4674
- Email: wm4@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 233
- Office Hours: Wednesday 8:30- 10:30
- On Sabbatical:2012-13
Francesca Orsini
Hindi Literature; North Indian literary cultures; Hindi; Urdu. - Tel: 020 7898 4242
- Email: fo@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 419
- Office Hours: Thursday 10:00 - 12:00
Theodore Proferes
Member, Centre of Jaina Studies
- Tel: 020 7898 4637
- Email: tp17@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 378
- Office Hours: Term 2 - Thursdays 3-5pm
Gurharpal Singh
Member, Centre of Jaina Studies
Professor Gurharpal Singh is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor in Inter-Religious Relation and Development in the Department of Study of Religions.
- Tel: 020 7898 4108
- Email: gs41@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 319
Renate Söhnen-Thieme
Member, Centre of Jaina Studies
Sanskrit language and literature; classical Indian religions; folklore and music of Baltistan - Tel: 020 7898 4293
- Email: rs2@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 376
Cosimo Zene
Member, Centre of Jaina Studies
Anthropology of religion, theory in the study of religions, continental philosophy, Gramsci and religion, intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, minorities (Dalits), mysticism and heresy, non-Western Christianities, Mediterranean anthropology; South-Asia (India, Bangladesh), Sardinia.
- Tel: 020 7898 4783
- Email: zc@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 340
- Office Hours: Tuesdays 2.30-4pm / Thursdays 3.30-5pm
