Jennifer Fleming Doctoral candidate researching artists of Hong Kong descent living and working in Britain. Other research interests include modern and contemporary Chinese art, diaspora art in Britain, and phenomenology as a tool for art historical research.
Samuel Dic Sum Lai Samuel Lai is a PhD candidate whose research project examines the multiple facades of Caacaanteng ('Tea Restaurant'): from licensing and popular history, ingredients and cuisines, server-customer relationship, skill acquisition, to sociability especially in the locally narrated form of Jancingmei ('Flavour of Human Warmth').
Dr Leilah Vevaina From March 2025 until March 2026 Dr Vevaina acts as research associate for the project Funerals, Faith, and Finance in the Parsi Zoroastrian Diaspora
Mr Chang Tieh-chih An influential Taiwanese writer who writes about politics, culture and music for major media in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and international media. Chief Advisor, Business Next (A news media outlet focusing on technology, business and creativity) Chief editor and Host of Talk to Taiwan (A weekly web-TV program on politics and culture, and has been featured in the Monocle magazine.)
Xiao Lin Xiao Lin is a doctoral researcher in the Department of History at SOAS. Her research focuses on Manchu intellectuals in the late Qing and Republic of China periods, exploring questions of political thought, identity, and transnational exchange.