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Nineteenth and twentieth century social and intellectual history, particularly of the Bombay Presidency; communalism and nationalism in India; debates around secularism and religious intolerance.

Rochana Bajpai is Professor of Politics at SOAS.

Expertise in republicanism, multiculturalism, comparative political thought, decolonising political theory and the history of political ideas.

Nineteenth century transformations in western India, gender, caste and community in law and governance, histories of partition India/Palestine.

Contemporary Political Theory, Liberalism, Civil Society, Biopower, Climate Crisis, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Swahili studies, African Studies, Translation Theory and Practice, Indian Ocean Networks

Dr Mulaika Hijjas is a reader in South East Asian Studies at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics.

Media in the Middle East with particular focus on Iran; diasporas and transnational media; islamophobia; shi’i Islam in the West; third Cinema; big data and digital methods.

Chinese film history and criticism; modern Chinese popular culture; visual culture and media technology; cultural governance; socialist modernity