Dr Amrita Shodhan Nineteenth century transformations in western India, gender, caste and community in law and governance, histories of partition India/Palestine.
Dr Shabnum Tejani Nineteenth and twentieth century social and intellectual history, particularly of the Bombay Presidency; communalism and nationalism in India; debates around secularism and religious intolerance.
Dr Roy Fischel History of precolonial South Asia, in particular Muslim polities and societies; the Deccan, 1300-1700; South Asia and the early modern Muslim world.
Dr Ceyda Karamursel I am a historian of the modern Middle East, with research and teaching interests focusing on the social, political, and legal history of the late Ottoman Empire and early Turkish Republic.
Dr Saeid Kordmafi Music of the Islamic Middle East and Central Asia; Persian art music; classical music of the Arab Mashriq; music analysis; rhythm and temporality; performance studies and practice-based research; historical ethnomusicology; music revival.
Dr Ben Murtagh Modern Indonesian cinema and literature; queer studies and sexuality in Indonesia; representation of genders and sexuality in Southeast Asian film and literatures; representation of HIV in Indonesian culture