Professor Trevor H J Marchand Arabia (Yemen), West Africa (Northern Nigeria and Mali) and England: craft, carpentry and traditional building practices; apprenticeship, learning and cognition; space, place and architecture; theory in anthropology.
Yun-Tzu Chang 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.
Dr Peter Slinn Currently, Peter is Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame (London Law Centre), and joint General Editor of the Law Reports of the Commonwealth, (Butterworths LexisNexis) the 100th volume of which was published in 2009. He is Vice-President of the Commonwealth Legal Education Association, Chair of the Editorial Board of the Commonwealth Judicial Journal and a member of the executive committee of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association.
Dr Ceyda Karamursel I am a historian of the modern Middle East, with research and teaching interests focusing on the social, political, and legal history of the late Ottoman Empire and early Turkish Republic.
Dr Gaofeng Meng Dr Gaofeng Meng is a Lecturer of Law at SOAS University of London, specialising in property law, contract law, company law and Chinese law.