Dr Seraphin Kamdem Dr Kamdem returns to SOAS as a Research Associate, having previously taught in the Linguistics Department and Africa Section.
Dr Feja Lesniewska Climate change and energy law, sustainable development, ecosystems law and governance (forests, land, water), smart energy technologies, cryptocurrencies and transnational environmental law.
Professor Richard Fardon Ethnographically, the anthropology of West Africa in general, with a particular focus on the ‘Middle Belt’ of Nigeria and Cameroon. Ethnographic interests, both contemporary and historical, include: politics and religion; ethnicity and identity; material culture. Anthropologically, contemporary theories in social anthropology, and the history of twentieth-century British social anthropology.
Dr Anandi Rao South Asian literature and film, translation, postcolonial theory, gender and sexuality studies
Dr Ti-Han Chang Ti-han Chang is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Taiwan Studies at SOAS University of London.
Ferren Gipson Ferren Gipson is a doctoral researcher in the History of Art, specialising in art from Mao-era China.
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 Maria Nolan Contemporary China; urban sociality; psychological anthropology and mental health; anthropology of home; digital anthropology and social media.