Professor Julia C Strauss Julia C. Strauss received a BA in Chinese Language and European History from Connecticut College and both an MA and PhD from the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.
Professor Fiona B Adamson Fiona B. Adamson is Professor of International Relations with research interests in the international politics of migration, mobility and diaspora, with a particular focus on conflict and security.
Dr Manjeet Ramgotra Expertise in republicanism, multiculturalism, comparative political thought, decolonising political theory and the history of political ideas.
Dr Seraphin Kamdem Dr Kamdem returns to SOAS as a Research Associate, having previously taught in the Linguistics Department and Africa Section.
Dr Eleanor Newbigin History of modern South Asia, particularly the transition to independence; gender, family and law in colonial and post-colonial India
Dr Polly Savage History of African Art; Modern and contemporary art and curating in Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean, with particular focus on Haiti and Lusophone Africa; art and the Cold War in Africa; art education and cultural policy; post-colonial theory and trans-national exhibition practice.