Dr Lars Laamann Popular religions in early modern China (16th-20th cc); Christianity in china (18th-20th cc); Opium and other narcotics (18th-20th cc); Manchu history (16th-20th cc)
Professor Jens Lerche Dalit discrimination, Caste and class, Racial capitalism, Labour relations, Labour migration, Agrarian change, Activism and struggles, India.
Dr Helen Macnaughtan Helen joined SOAS in 2002 and lectures on economic, business, labour and HRM issues in contemporary Japan (and within a broader East Asian context). Her research interests focus on a broad range of topics relating to gender issues, employment and sport in Japan.
Dr Makeen F Makeen Dr. Makeen Makeen specialises in intellectual property law at the School of law at SOAS.
Professor Trevor H J Marchand Arabia (Yemen), West Africa (Northern Nigeria and Mali) and England: craft, carpentry and traditional building practices; apprenticeship, learning and cognition; space, place and architecture; theory in anthropology.
Professor Muhammad A S Abdel Haleem, OBE Professor Muhammad A S Abdel Haleem, OBE, is the King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies at SOAS.