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Japanese applied linguistics; language teaching methodology; second language acquisition with emphasis on pragmatic aspects; linguistic politeness

The anthropology of personhood, social theory and poststructuralism, religion (especially Islam), the anthropology of the gift and of Islamic economics, Indonesia and South East Asia.

History of African Art; Modern and contemporary art and curating in Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean, with particular focus on Haiti and Lusophone Africa; art and the Cold War in Africa; art education and cultural policy; post-colonial theory and trans-national exhibition practice.

Professor Pasquale Scaramozzino is an Emeritus Professor within the School of Finance and Management.

The early Arabic linguistic tradition; classical Islamic theology and jurisprudence

Iranian and Central Asian philology; Christian and Manichaean texts from Central Asia.

Subir Sinha is Reader in the Theory and Politics of Development at SOAS.

Sanskrit language and literature; classical Indian religions; folklore and music of Baltistan

Stefan Sperl's research area includes classical and modern Arabic literature, comparative literature, Qur’an and Hadith studies, Islamic art, Sufism and Neoplatonism, and refugee and exile studies.