Mr John Gittings John Gittings was foreign leader-writer and East Asia editor at The Guardian for many years, retiring in 2003, and covered major events in the area from the late 1970s onwards.
Dr Monica Janowski SE Asia, in particular Borneo; environmental anthropology; food, particularly rice, and the use of food as an ‘ethnic marker’ in the context of migration; kinship and ‘relatedness’ through food.
Professor Haim Bresheeth Professor Haim Bresheeth is a filmmaker, photographer and a film studies scholar.
Professor Timon Screech History of Japanese art; Edo painting; contacts between Japan and Europe in the 18th century; history of science in Japan; the theory of art history
Dr Tadeusz Skorupski Buddhist Studies; philosophical and religious doctrines; literature; iconography Buddhist iconography; Buddhist rituals; Buddhist doctrines; Buddhist history
Amrita DasGupta A fully funded Doctoral Candidate (SOAS Research Studentship 2020) at the Department of Gender Studies, SOAS, Amrita researches on transnational migration, borders, sex work, climate crisis and gender in the lower deltaic Bengal.