Professor Stefan Sperl Stefan Sperl's research area includes classical and modern Arabic literature, comparative literature, Qur’an and Hadith studies, Islamic art, Sufism and Neoplatonism, and refugee and exile studies.
Mr Craig Ryder Craig Ryder is a researcher at the Anthropology department. His research is about social media and activism in Sri Lanka. Craig is an expert in digital-approaches to ethnography.
Gendered Publics: Chandraprava Saikiani and the Mahila Samitis in Colonial Assam This book is the first comprehensive effort to recover the forgotten histories of the highly impactful women’s association, the Assam Mahila Samiti and the life and times of its founding Secretary Chandraprava Saikiani.
SOAS International Academic Conference 'Making the Subject of Portraiture in a Trans-Asian Context' During 5-7 December 2024, the School of Arts and the Doctoral School at SOAS hosted the academic conference 'Making the Subject of Portraiture in a Trans-Asian Context, 1000 to Present Time.' The conference was co-organised by Conan Cheong and Mariana Zegianini.
Shiruy Kurush Billimoria Shiruy Kurush Billimoria, is a Ph.D. candidate with The Department of History, Religion, and Philosophy, His PhD project is Zoroastrian business ethos and their roots in theology, where he argues the extent to which Zoroastrian theological values predisposed and influenced the formation of Zoroastrian business ethos.
Dr Orly Levy Orly has extensive international experience and she has worked and conducted research in diverse cultural settings, including Australia, China, India, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and the United States.