Centre of Yoga Studies Members

Dr James Mallinson

Chair

Tel: 020 7898 4368
Email: jm63@soas.ac.uk
Room: 458
On Sabbatical:On Research Leave 2015-2020

Dr Jason Birch

Member

Indian history; religions; Sanskrit; yoga; Śaivism; āyurveda; textual criticism; codicology

Email: jb92@soas.ac.uk
Room: 451b

Professor Ulrich Pagel

Member

History of Buddhism in Tibet, Mahāyāna Buddhism, Kanjur Studies, Vinaya, Religions of Central Asia, Tibetan, Sanskrit.

Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4782
Email: up1@soas.ac.uk
Room: Room 343
Academic Support Hours: Mondays 16:00- 17:00 and Tuesdays by appointment

Ideological history of pre-modern China; Chinese religions, notably Taoism and Buddhism; history of the Buddhist canon in China; Manichaeism and Iranian influences in medieval China; Chinese cultural relations with Central Asia

Email: ap47@soas.ac.uk

Dr Mark Singleton

Member

The modern and pre-modern history of yoga.

Email: ms156@soas.ac.uk
Room: 451b

Ruth Westoby

Member

Email: ruth_westoby@soas.ac.uk

Dr Richard Williams

Member

Music of South Asia; Hindustani classical music; historical ethnomusicology; cultural history; historical musicology and musical aesthetics; lyric, song, and musical literature; music and gender; music and religion; history of emotions

Tel: 020 7898 4687
Email: richard.williams@soas.ac.uk
Room: 515
Academic Support Hours: Terms 1&3: On Leave; Term 2: By email appointment