Dr Donatella Natili Research Area: Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature, Gender Studies, Modern Japanese Women Poetry, Japanese Cinema. Date of Appointment: May 2022 - August 2022
Ms Chiara De Nicolais Ms Chiara De Nicolais is a co-convenor of the Arts of the Islamic World module of the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art at SOAS.
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 Emily Shovelton Dr Emily Shovelton is a specialist in art from the Islamic world, with a particular interest in Persian manuscripts and Persianate culture in India.
Dr Natasha Morris Dr Natasha Morris is a Lecturer in Islamic Arts and a convenor of the Islamic Art module of the Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art at SOAS.
Dr Christopher Gerteis Modern and Contemporary Japanese history. Social and cultural history of the 20th century, especially the intersection of consumer capitalism and historical memory.