Dr James Mallinson

Chair

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

Dr Daniela Bevilacqua

Member

• Email: db28@soas.ac.uk

Dr Jason Birch

Member

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

• Email: jb92@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 451b

Dr Graham Burns

Member

• Email: gb28@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 343
• Academic Support Hours: by appointment

Dr Matthew Clark

Member

• Email: mc5@soas.ac.uk

Ms Karen O'Brien-Kop

Member

• Email: ko17@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 343
• Academic Support Hours: Wednesday 11-1p.m

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 3:00-5:00 p.m

Dr Antonello Palumbo

Member

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

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4768
• Email: ap47@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 345
• Academic Support Hours: Tuesday 2:00-4:00pm

Dr Theodore Proferes

Member

• Tel: 020 7898 4637
• Email: tp17@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 340
• Academic Support Hours: Friday 10:00-12:00 noon

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: Wednesdays 11-1 (11:00-13:00)

Ms Martha Henson

Coordinator

• Email: martha.henson@soas.ac.uk