Akiko Nagata I completed both my Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan). I have a degree in BA for Policy Studies, and MA for Sociology.
Xuemeng Zhang Xuemeng Zhang is an MPhil/PhD student in China and Inner Asia Studies at SOAS, University of London. Her research focuses on contemporary Chinese poetry, particularly its intersections with Artificial Intelligence. Her broader academic interests include translation studies, creative literary pedagogy, and intermediality.
Dr M. Kerem Coban Dr M. Kerem Coban is a Lecturer in Public Policy and Management at the School of Finance and Management.
Mrs Jeshmeen Kanjee Interests: African literature and post-colonial studies, diaspora literature, gender perspectives in literature, equality and diversity, anti-bullying, mental well-being and mental health.
Professor E Ulrich Kratz Traditional Malay philology; the contemporary literatures, cultures and societies of the Malay-speaking world; Malay society; Malay culture; Malay history; Malay politics; Malay religion
Raydolph Renault Raydolph Renault is a Doctoral Researcher at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, specialising in the sources for reconstructing pre-Islamic Arabian religion within the broader context of Late Antiquity and Near Eastern mythologies.
Shengnan Dong Shengnan Dong is a PhD candidate in the Department of History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS University of London. Her research focuses on Buddhist art, architecture, and visual culture in Tibet from the 10th to 15th centuries. Her current project examines a fifteenth-century chorten (stupa) at Chung Riwoche in Central Tibet.