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Xinyang Zhao is an MPhil/PhD student in China and Inner Asia Studies at SOAS, University of London. Her current research focuses on modern Chinese literature.

Mayukh is a Felix Scholar and doctoral researcher at SOAS, University of London, exploring how life insurance transformed Indian society from 1800 to 2000. His PhD project, titled "Cashing Lives: A History of Indian Life Insurance (1800–2000)," offers a comprehensive institutional history of life insurance in India, tracing its evolution from a colonial financial instrument to a post-independence state monopoly.

Yun-Tzu Chang is a PhD candidate in the department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS. She is currently undertaking her thesis on geopolitics and the dynamics of Chinese new migrants' identity and political engagement.

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.

Rodi Yilmaz is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, University of London. His research focuses on the social democratic parties in Turkey within the broader contexts of party politics, local governments and democratic backsliding in comparative politics.

Sayed Yaqoob Emad is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of History at SOAS University of London. His research examines the evolving politics of Islamic charities in Afghanistan, with broader interests in politics and religion.

John Loewenthal works as the Education and Training Officer for the Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action (CAMHRA). He is also a Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, conducting the project, ‘Anthropolo

Dr. Steven Knell is Professor of Practice with the Centre for Energy and Climate Policy in the Department of Politics and International Studies. 

Flavia Xi Fang is a Past and Present Fellow at the IHR working on the social and cultural history of medieval China and the Silk Roads.