CCCAC Members

Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4152
• Email: da4@soas.ac.uk

James Caron

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

Islam in South Asia; Afghanistan and Pakistan; Indo-Persianate sociocultural history; transnational non-Western history; activism and social movements.

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4295
• Email: jc84@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 468
• Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 3-5 p.m

Bhavna Davé

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

Kazakhstan: politics of language, ethnicity and nationalism in post-Soviet countries

• Tel: 020 7898 4734
• Email: bd4@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 224
• Academic Support Hours: Thursdays 3-5pm

Jonathan Goodhand

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4483
• Email: jg27@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 258
• Academic Support Hours: Wed 1 - 2 and Thurs 3 - 4
• On Sabbatical:Full Year (18/19)

Colette Harris

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

Violence and conflict, governance, post colonial state building, Muslim societies, sexualities, (reproductive) health, migration, and community development/transformative education - all explored through a gendered lens. Central Asia, Latin America but currently focus mainly on West and East Africa.

• Tel: 020 7898 4488
• Email: colette.harris@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 291
• Academic Support Hours: Wednesdays 1-3

Rachel Harris

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Tel: 020 7898 4513
• Email: rh@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 513
• Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 11-1

Peter P Mollinga

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4631
• Email: pm35@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 4415
• On Sabbatical:Terms 2 and 3 (18/19)

Scott Newton

Centre Chair

Post-Soviet law and legal/institutional reform in Central Asia and CIS; law and development (markets and globalisation in developing and transitional states); law, governance and post-conflict reconstruction; human rights.

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4658
• Email: sn21@soas.ac.uk
• Room: S330

Paolo Novak

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

Trans-nationality with particular reference to migration; refugee regime; borders and NGOs.

• Tel: 020 7898 4214
• Email: pn4@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 368
• Academic Support Hours: Mon. 3 - 5 (Term 1 & 2); By appointment (Term 3)
• On Sabbatical:Terms 2 and 3 (18/19)

Ulrich Pagel

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

History of Buddhism in Tibet, Mahāyāna Buddhism, Kanjur Studies, Vinaya, Religions of Central Asia, Tibetan, Sanskrit. 

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4782
• Email: up1@soas.ac.uk
• Room: Room 343
• Academic Support Hours: Mondays 3:00-5:00 p.m

Deniz Kandiyoti

Professorial Research Associate

• Email: dk1@soas.ac.uk

Laurence Broers

Research Associate

Nationalism and ethnicity in the South Caucasus (with a particular focus on Georgia), the ethno-territorial conflicts of the region, and the politics of conflict resolution and democratization

• Email: lb51@soas.ac.uk

Antonio Giustozzi

Research Associate

Afghanistan Politics + Society, Statebuilding, Internal Conflict

• Email: ag67@soas.ac.uk

Alisher Ilkhamov

Research Associate

• Email: ailkhamov@gmail.com

Anna Larson

Democratisation in Afghanistan and other conflict-affected states, with a particular focus on gender and democratic institutions (elections, political parties and the legislature). Recently this has included work on the impact of Afghanistan's reserved seats system for women, the way elections shape and are shaped by local political landscapes, the internal dynamics of Afghan national assembly, political party institutionalisation and women's role in parties over time.

• Email: al46@soas.ac.uk
• Academic Support Hours: TBC on Moodle (following reading week)