Mesrob Kassemdjian Mesrob Kassemdjian is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies. He completed his PhD at SOAS in September 2024, with a focus on Middle Eastern politics.
Malaika Robinson Malaika I. Robinson is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Her research focuses on U.S.-China trade relations and includes international security, China’s foreign relations, and discursive power.
Azadeh Pourzand A human rights researcher and a civic entrepreneur, Azadeh has spent the past decade contributing to the design, implementation and impact evaluation of civil society strengthening, media development, education and human rights programs for marginalized communities in the Middle East and South Asia.
Rana Osman Rana is a PhD student in the School of Law whose research interests include social movements, legal mobilizations, political theory, and contemporary religious institutions.
Irem Cihan Irem Cihan is a Ph.D. candidate in in Politics and International Studies at SOAS University of London, researching how aesthetic imaginaries and performances of nostalgia and the future shape post-imperial and post-colonial national biographies and ontological security in South Korea and Turkey.
Dr Simon Webster-Kogen Dr Simon Webster-Kogen is a lecturer in Cultural and Media Theory at the School of Arts.
Dr Sophie Chamas Dr. Sophie Chamas is grounded in anthropology, her work focussing on the study of social movements, counter-culture, and political theory and discourse rooted in, focused on or related to the Middle East.