Kiyoko Mitsuyama-Wdowiak Kiyoko is an art historian specialising in post-war Japanese art. Born and educated in Tokyo, she took a curatorial role (1983-1991) at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo: at the time a pioneering art museum promoting contemporary art in Japan.
Dr David W Hughes Ethnomusicology; music of East Asia especially Japan; Japanese folk and theatre music; music and linguistics; Indonesian gamelan and Javanese street music
Diva Sinha Diva is a PhD student in Environment and Development Studies and Project Administrator in the School of History, Religions, and Philosophies at SOAS. She began her doctoral studies in September 2024.
Dr Anisa Muzaffar Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation (CSST)
Yueh-Chou Ho Indigenity, Indigenous Identity, Education Ethnography, Root-seeking tourism and identity-making, Decolonising perspective, Indigenous Methodologies, Taiwan Studies
Professor Nigel Poole Research: Agri-health and nutrition, natural resources and food value chains, poverty reduction.
Dr Massoumeh Torfeh Massoumeh Torfeh, has been appointed UN Director of Strategic Communication and Spokesperson for Afghanistan and is a former senior producer in BBC World Service, specializes on the politics and media of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia.