Professor Mark Hobart South East Asia, Indonesia, Bali: cultural and media studies; philosophical issues and eurocentrism in the human sciences; media and performance.
Dr David W Hughes Ethnomusicology; music of East Asia especially Japan; Japanese folk and theatre music; music and linguistics; Indonesian gamelan and Javanese street music
Professor Bruce Ingham General descriptive linguistics, Arabic, Persian, North American Indian languages, dialects and oral literature of the Arabian Peninsula - in particular the dialects of the Arabian bedouin, covering the dialects of the Al Dhafir, Mutair, Al Murrah and Rwalah tribes; Lakota (Siouan), Cree (Algonquian)
Professor Deniz Kandiyoti Middle East and Central Asia: gender and development; the state and social policy; feminist theory
Professor Machiko Nissanke International Economics (trade and finance), Finance and Development, North-South economic relations and South-South Economic Cooperation, Comparative Development experience in Asia and Africa, Globalisation, inequality and poverty.
Professor Michael J E Palmer Chinese Law & Society, Comparative Dispute Resolution, Chinese Family Studies, Chinese Legal Professions and Administrative Justice in China.
Professor Johan P J Pottier Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo: rural development, food security, ethnic conflict, post-conflict rehabilitation