Dr Jakob Klein China (South); anthropology of food; regional cuisines; local foods; restaurant cultures; urban Chinese society and the urban/rural divide.
Dr Joanne Tomkinson Joanne is a political economist whose research interests are located at the crossroads of global capitalism and state policymaking.
Aruna Bundu-Conteh Aruna was a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Sierra where they negotiated and drafted complex Commercial Concession Agreements; MoUs; Commercial Contracts; International Commercial Arbitration Agreements Legal Opinions for various reputable government institutions and retained private corporate clients, including: the National Revenue Authority (NRA); Sierra Leone Airports Authority (SLAA); University of Sierra Leone ( USL, Fourah Bay College), Njala University; Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA); Zenith Bank (SL) Ltd.
Arka Chakraborty Arka is a music historian specialising in postcolonial Calcutta. Drawing from a vast array of official and personal archives, and field interviews, his multisensorial and multilingual doctoral project throws light into the musical interflows between the Anglophone and vernacular spaces that have inhabited the metropolis.
Dr Mulaika Hijjas Dr Mulaika Hijjas is a reader in South East Asian Studies at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics.
Dr Eleanor Newbigin History of modern South Asia, particularly the transition to independence; gender, family and law in colonial and post-colonial India