Dr Elaheh Rostami-Povey Iran, Afghanistan and the Middle East, in particular gender issues in Iran. Women’s employment, feminism, war, conflict, diaspora, Iran in the Middle East.
Dr Nuno Domingos Portuguese colonialism; Mozambique; Portuguese Estado Novo; Leisure and sports’ practices; football; popular culture; Anthropology of Food; social history and political economy of artisan cheese making; Portuguese wine production and consumption.
Dr Seraphin Kamdem Dr Kamdem returns to SOAS as a Research Associate, having previously taught in the Linguistics Department and Africa Section.
Professor Jairus Banaji Agrarian history; Late Antiquity and early Islam; historical materialism; and, contemporary India, with a special interest in issues like the critique of minimalist stereotypes of the ancient economy; Marx’s method in Capital; modes of production; the fate of the peasantry under capitalism; and, labour and capital in India’s economy.
Professor Leslie Vinjamuri International Organisation; International Politics of International and Transitional Justice; Religion, Human Rights and International Relations Theory; International Diplomacy and the Use of Force; International Diplomacy and Transitional States.
Professor Laurence Smith Research: Natural resource management, water resources, rural development and poverty reduction.
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.