Emeritus Professor Nicholas Sims-Williams Iranian and Central Asian philology; Christian and Manichaean texts from Central Asia.
Dr Renate Söhnen-Thieme Sanskrit language and literature; classical Indian religions; folklore and music of Baltistan
Professor Stefan Sperl Stefan Sperl's research area includes classical and modern Arabic literature, comparative literature, Qur’an and Hadith studies, Islamic art, Sufism and Neoplatonism, and refugee and exile studies.
Professor Laixiang Sun Corporate finance and governance, comparative economics, integrated modelling, business management and Chinese economy
Dr Shabnum Tejani Nineteenth and twentieth century social and intellectual history, particularly of the Bombay Presidency; communalism and nationalism in India; debates around secularism and religious intolerance.
Dr Tania Tribe Painting in Africa and the Americas; theory of art with special reference to Northeastern Africa
Professor Lynn Welchman Lynn Welchman is Professor of Law with particular reference to the Middle East and North Africa.
Professor Richard Widdess Historical, analytical, ethnographic and cognitive approaches to music of South Asia; music, cognition and language.