SOAS Announces New Academic Promotions
14 July 2010
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has promoted 19 academic staff in the faculties of Arts & Humanities, Languages & Cultures and Law & Social Sciences. The promotions will take effect from 1 September 2010.
"I often say one of the School's greatest strengths is the outstanding quality of its academic staff, and these promotions provide further evidence of that claim," said SOAS Director and Principal Paul Webley.
The new professors, readers and senior lecturers are listed below.
Promotion to Professor
Faculty of Arts & Humanities
- Dr Almut Hintze – Zartoshty Professor of Zoroastrianism
- Dr Trevor Marchand – Professor of Social Anthropology
Faculty of Languages & Cultures
- Dr Nadje Al-Ali – Professor of Gender Studies
Faculty of Law & Social Sciences
- Dr Philippe Cullet – Professor of International and Environmental Law
- Dr Pasquale Scaramozzino – Professor of Economics
Promotion to Reader
Faculty of Arts & Humanities
- Dr Michael Charney – Reader in South East Asian and Imperial History
- Dr Nelida Fuccarro – Reader in the Modern History of the Middle East
- Dr Cosimo Zene – Reader in the Study of Religions
Faculty of Languages & Cultures
- Dr Rachel Harrison - Reader in Thai Cultural Studies
Faculty of Law & Social Sciences
- Dr Stephen Hopgood - Reader in International Relations
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Arts & Humanities
- Dr Jan Peter Hartung – Senior Lecturer in the study of Islam
- Dr Shane McCausland – Senior Lecturer in the History of Chinese Art
- Dr Shabnum Tejani – Senior Lecturer in the History of Modern South Asia
Faculty of Languages & Cultures
- Dr Georgios Dedes – Senior Lecturer in Turkish
- Dr Lindiwe Dovey – Senior Lecturer in African Film & Performance Arts
- Dr Alena Rettova – Senior Lecturer in Swahili Literature and Culture
- Dr Ayman Shihadeh – Senior Lecturer in Islamic Studies
Faculty of Law & Social Sciences
- Dr Jonathan Di John – Senior Lecturer in Political Economy
- Dr Makeen Makeen - Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law
