Dr Birsha Ohdedar Birsha Ohdedar is a Lecturer in Climate Change and Environmental Law and is the Deputy Director at the Law, Environment, and Development Centre (LEDC).
Dr Mara Malagodi South Asian laws and politics, especially Nepal, India and Pakistan; comparative constitutional law; law and conflict; human rights
Dr Stefanie Lotter Nepali society and culture; museology; social and cultural anthropology of the Himalaya; elite studies; heritage studies
Emeritus Professor Andrew Gerstle Japanese literature, drama and thought, primarily of the Tokugawa period, with particular interest in Bunraku and Kabuki theatre and the plays of Chikamatsu
Livestreaming as resistance: Risks and ethics of reporting genocide This blog explores how Palestinian journalists like Wael al-Dahdouh transform journalism into an act of survival, resistance, and moral urgency.
Albert Hirschman and the power of intellectual trespassing Is there any hope left for development? Is ‘small’ beautiful and are ‘mega-projects’ necessarily calamitous? Can intellectual trespassing be more helpful in guiding policy design than fashionable instruments with their often-bogus claims to ‘rigour’? Join us for what promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking conversation.
Dishan Abrahams Ethnomusicology, Popular Music Studies, Diaspora Studies, Cultural Studies, Performance Research, Digital Humanities.
Dr Richard Al-Qaq Richard Kareem Al-Qaq holds a PhD in Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Between 2002 and 2007, Dr. Al-Qaq taught post-graduate International Politics at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy