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Japanese religious history, especially the medieval period; Japanese Tantric Buddhism and the esotericisation of religious practice; Millenarian writings and prophecy; Kami-Buddhas associations

Narguess Farzad is Senior Lecturer in Persian Studies (Education) at SOAS.

Nepali literature; the Nepali media; Nepali politics; Bhutanese refugees.

Ummugulsum is a PhD candidate in Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London. Her research explores Muslim travel writing across different genres and periods, asking how travellers understood their journeys, explained their motives, and experimented with the language of travel.

Carlo Bonura is a Reader in Southeast Asian Politics.

Taylor Borowetz is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, University of London. Taylor is co-editor of Millennium: Journal of International Studies and chair of the European International Studies Association's "Concepts and Theories" section. Her doctoral research traces the concept of liberation through the Haitian Revolution and contemporary abolitionist thought. She has published on issues relating to conceptual history and memory, human rights, and the situation of early career academics in the UK.

A human rights researcher and a civic entrepreneur, Azadeh has spent the past decade contributing to the design, implementation and impact evaluation of civil society strengthening, media development, education and human rights programs for marginalized communities in the Middle East and South Asia.

Akiko Furukawa is an expert in Applied Cognitive Linguistics and the Acquisition of Japanese as a Second/Foreign Language.

Japanese society, material culture, medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural history