Department of History, School of History, Religions & Philosophies

History Department Staff

Subject Head (History)

Dr Andrea Janku

BA and MA Programme Convenors and Admission Tutors

Dr James Caron

Lecturer in Islamicate South Asia

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: 316
Academic Support Hours: Wednesdays 17:00-18:30

Professor Michael W. Charney

Professor of Asian and Military History

The history of Buddhist societies in South and Southeast Asia and of culture, technology, and warfare in colonial Africa and Asia

Tel: 020 7898 4612
Email: mc62@soas.ac.uk
Room: 322
Academic Support Hours: Mondays 17:00 -19:00

Dr Wayne Dooling

Senior Lecturer in the History of Southern Africa

Early colonial South African history; slavery and emancipation in the Cape Colony

Tel: 020 7898 4628
Email: wd2@soas.ac.uk
Room: 308
Academic Support Hours: Wednesdays 15:00 - 17:00

Dr Roy Fischel

Lecturer in the History of South Asia

UG Research/ISP Tutor (History)

History of precolonial South Asia, in particular Muslim polities and societies; the Deccan, 1300-1700; South Asia and the early modern Muslim world.

Tel: 020 7898 4643
Email: rf26@soas.ac.uk
Room: 326
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 14:00-16:00

Dr Andrea Janku

Senior Lecturer in the History of China

Subject Head/Representative (History)

China, Social and Cultural History; The Early Press and the History of Communication; Environmental History

Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4636
Email: aj7@soas.ac.uk
Room: 318
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 9:30-11:30, or by email appointment

Dr Ceyda Karamursel

Lecturer in the Department of History

Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4602
Email: ck17@soas.ac.uk
Room: 324
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 10-12, or by e-mail appointment

Dr Lars Laamann

Senior Lecturer in the History of China

Popular religions in early modern China (16th-20th cc); Christianity in china (18th-20th cc); Opium and other narcotics (18th-20th cc); Manchu history (16th-20th cc)

Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4634
Email: ll10@soas.ac.uk
Room: 323
Academic Support Hours: By email appointment (any day)

Dr Sam Mirelman

Lecturer in Ancient Near Eastern Studies

Music and performance in the ancient Near East, Sumerian liturgical texts, Mesopotamian rituals, Sumerian-Akkadian language contact, Mesopotamian intellectual history

Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4283
Email: sm106@soas.ac.uk
Room: 302
Academic Support Hours: Fridays 14:00-16:00 or by appointment

Dr Eleanor Newbigin

Senior Lecturer in the History of Modern South Asia

History of modern South Asia, particularly the transition to independence; gender, family and law in colonial and post-colonial India

Tel: 020 7898 4625
Email: en2@soas.ac.uk
Room: 307
Academic Support Hours: Thursdays 9:00 - 10:30 and by email appointment

Dr Marie Rodet

Reader in the History of Africa

Modern West African history, especially social and gender history of Western Mali, history of West African slavery and emancipation.

Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4606
Email: mr28@soas.ac.uk
Room: 309
Academic Support Hours: On Leave Term 1 - 2019-20

Dr Ayman Shihadeh

Reader in Arabic Intellectual History

Medieval Arabic Intellectual History; medieval Arabic philosophy; medieval Islamic theology, especially kalam; ethical theory; the Islamic manuscript tradition.

Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4343
Email: a.shihadeh@soas.ac.uk
Room: 320
Academic Support Hours: On Research Leave 2020-21

Dr Shabnum Tejani

Senior Lecturer in the History of Modern South Asia

Nineteenth and twentieth century social and intellectual history, particularly of the Bombay Presidency; communalism and nationalism in India; debates around secularism and religious intolerance

Tel: 020 7898 4613
Email: st40@soas.ac.uk
Room: 314
Academic Support Hours: Mondays 3-5pm