Professor Chege Githiora Swahili and Gĩkũyũ Language and Linguistics. Translation and Literacy in African Languages. Culture and Society of East Africa, Latin America and the African Diaspora.
Professor G R Hawting Pre-modern Islamic and Middle Eastern history; the origins and early development of Islam in the Middle East
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
Dr Dolores P Martinez Japan, maritime anthropology, religion, gender, anthropology of tourism, mass media, local and global film traditions
Dr Matthew Mccartney Economics, development economics, political economy of India and Pakistan since 1947; the state and late industrialisation, the fundamental and proximate determinants of economic growth
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 Michael J E Palmer Chinese Law & Society, Comparative Dispute Resolution, Chinese Family Studies, Chinese Legal Professions and Administrative Justice in China.