Professor Chege Githiora Swahili and Gĩkũyũ Language and Linguistics. Translation and Literacy in African Languages. Culture and Society of East Africa, Latin America and the African Diaspora.
Dr Ulas Ince Political and social theory; history of political thought; history of capitalism; colonial studies; British imperial history
Alessandra Francone Alessandra Francone is a doctoral researcher in the LCL department. Her thesis "The effects of sociohistorical context on lexical borrowing: a re-evaluation of "basic vocabulary"" straddles historical linguistics and contact linguistics, and focuses on lexical borrowing in languages spoken in the Baltic region and the central Mediterranean.
Dr Vitor Eduardo Schincariol Associate Professor of Economic History and Political Economy at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC - Brazil); PhD in Economic History - University of São Paulo (USP - Brazil); Associate Editor of Agrarian South: Journal of Political 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 Laura Hammond Laura Hammond is Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research and Knowledge Exchange and Professor of Development Studies at SOAS.
Professor Stephen Hopgood International politics of human rights; humanitarianism and international justice; and theories of the state