Kota Watanabe Kota is researching state formation in Myanmar’s borderlands, particularly in the Karen areas in south eastern Myanmar.
Luigi Monteanni Luigi is a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at SOAS (London) and winner of an AHRC CHASE scholarship.
Yingxin Chen Genre studies (detective fiction), Chinese popular fiction, Translation as rewriting, cultural studies.
Ruixuan Li Somali poetry, Somali literature, African language literature, poetry studies, literary studies
Edoardo Marcarini Ethnomusicology, music pedagogy, performance studies, diaspora studies, memory studies, archival studies.
Abdulaziz Alabood Dr Abdulaziz Alabood has recently been awarded the role of Honorary Research Associate at SOAS University of London.