Dr Fatemeh Shams Esmaeili My primary research interest concerns the process of literary production under authoritarian states. I have completed my doctoral project on the dialectic of literature and power with a specific focus on post-revolutionary Iran. My current project addresses the same question throughout the history of Persian literature.
Dr Stephen A Murphy Stephen A. Murphy specialises in the art and archaeology of Buddhism and Hinduism in first millennium CE Southeast Asia with a focus on Thailand and Laos.
Dr Cristiane Brum Bernardes Fellow, Global Research Network on Parliaments and People, SOAS; Professor, Legislative School of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, and member of Brazilian National Institute for Science and Technology in Digital Democracy; Research Associate, Centre for Democratic Engagement, University of Leeds.