Professor G R Hawting Pre-modern Islamic and Middle Eastern history; the origins and early development of Islam in the Middle East
Professor Lucy Durán Music in the Mande world; Music of Mali, Guinea, Guinea Bissau; gender and music in West Africa; popular musics of Atlantic Africa; childhood music learning in West Africa; Cuban music, especially son and rumba; radio as a medium; and the world music industry.
Professor Machiko Nissanke International Economics (trade and finance), Finance and Development, North-South economic relations and South-South Economic Cooperation, Comparative Development experience in Asia and Africa, Globalisation, inequality and poverty.
Professor Michael J E Palmer Chinese Law & Society, Comparative Dispute Resolution, Chinese Family Studies, Chinese Legal Professions and Administrative Justice in China.
Professor Alfredo Saad Filho Latin America; political economy of development; industrial policy; pro-poor economic policy; neoliberalism; value theory
Professor Robert F Ash China’s economic development in the 20th and 21st centuries; evolution of ‘Greater China’; economic development of Taiwan and cross-Strait economic relations
Professor Timon Screech History of Japanese art; Edo painting; contacts between Japan and Europe in the 18th century; history of science in Japan; the theory of art history