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South Asia Newsletter Centre of South Asian Studies www.soas.ac.uk/csas/ No 67 October 2007 Forthcoming events at SOAS this term: Why India, Why Now 2008? One day Conference Sidney W. Mintz is a Research Profes- sor in Anthropology at Johns Hop- kins University. A pioneering scholar in Afro-Caribbean studies and in the Anthropology of Food, Profes- ‘FOOD & DIASPORA’ sor Mintz is the author of Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History, Worker in the Cane: A guest lecture by Further details on A Puerto Rican Life History, Carib- bean Transformations, and Tasting Professor Sidney Mintz Page 13 Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Culture, and the Past. (Johns Hopkins University) Thursday, 11 October 2007 6:30pm Nabeel Shariff Nabeel Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, - SOAS Photo Credits Photo The lecture will launch two new SOAS research centres: ~ The SOAS Food Studies Centre & The SOAS Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies Produced by the Centres and Programmes Office (SOAS) ‘Food & Diaspora’ lecture. ALL WELCOME. Entry is Free of Charge. To guarantee a seat, or for more information, please contact: Rahima on ~ [email protected] or 020 7898 4893 Further details on Page 14 ‘India Mass Media and the Politics of Change’ Conference Further details on Page 11 International Conference ‘1857/2007: Imperialism, ‘Race’, Resistance’ Further details on Page 8 CENTRE MEMBERS Professor Ravi Ahuja PHD(HEIDELBERG) Dr Stephen P Hughes BA(BATES COLL., LEWISTON) MA PHD(CHICAGO) Professor of Modern South Asian History Lecturer in Social Anthropology Department of History [email protected] Department of Anthropology and Sociology [email protected] Dr Daud Ali BA(WILLIAM & MARY) MA PHD(CHICAGO) Professor Michael J HuttBA PHD(LONDON) Senior Lecturer in Early Indian History Professor of Nepali and Himalayan Studies Department of History [email protected] Dean of Faculty of Languages and Cultures Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Dr Rochana Bajpai BA(BARODA) MA(JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIV) PHD(OXON) [email protected] Lecturer in the Politics of Asia/Africa Department of Politics and International Studies Professor Mushtaq Khan BA(OXON) MPHIL PHD(CANTAB) [email protected] Professor of Economics Department of Economics [email protected] Dr Crispin Branfoot BA(MANCHESTER) MA PHD(LONDON) Lecturer in South Asian Art and Archaeology Mr Abdul Hussain Khondoker School of Oriental and African and Studies of Oriental School Department of Art and Archaeology [email protected] Lector in Bengali Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Dr Whitney Cox BA(VIRGINIA) MA PHD(CHICAGO) Lecturer in Sanskrit Dr Martin W Lau MA PHD(LONDON) Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Reader in Law [email protected] School of Law [email protected] Dr Kate Crosby BA DPHIL(OXON) Dr Jens Lerche MA PHD(COPENHAGEN) Senior Lecturer in Buddhist Studies Senior Lecturer in Development Studies Department of the Study of Religions [email protected] Department of Development Studies [email protected] Dr Philippe Cullet LLM(LONDON) MA(LONDON) JSD(STANDFORD) Dr Angelika Malinar MA PHD(TÜßINGEN) Reader in International Environmental Law Senior Lecturer in Hinduism School of Law [email protected] Department of the Study of Religions [email protected] Dr Jeevan S Deol BA(BRITISH COLUMBIA) MPHI (LONDON) PHD(CANTAB) Dr Magnus Marsden BA PHD(CANTAB) Lecturer in Urdu and South Asian Studies Lecturer in Social Anthropology with reference to South and Central Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Asia [email protected] Department of Anthropology and Sociology [email protected] Dr Sonali Deraniyagala BA(CANTAB) MA(LONDON) DPHIL(OXON) Mr Nicholas Martland Lecturer in Economics Librarian for South Asia, South East Asia & Pacific Studies Department of Economics [email protected] Library and Information Service [email protected] Professor Rachel Dwyer BA(LONDON) MPHIL)OXON) PHD(LONDON) Dr Matthew McCartneyBA(CANTAB) MPHIL(OXON) Professor of Indian Studies and Cinema Lecturer in Economics with reference to South Asia Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Department of Economics [email protected] [email protected] Professor Werner F Menski MA(KIEL) PHD(LONDON) Dr Alexander Fischer BA(LSE) MA(HEIDELBERG) Professor of South Asian Laws Lecturer in Law School of Law [email protected] School of Law [email protected] Mr Satoshi Miyamura BA(TOKYO) MA(HITOTSUBASHI) MSC(LONDON) Dr Peter Flügel MA DPHIL (MAINZ) Teaching Fellow in Economics Teaching Fellow Department of Economics [email protected] Chair, Centre for Jaina Studies Department of the Study of Religions [email protected] Professor David Mosse BA DPHIL(OXON) Professor of Social Anthropology Dr Jonathan Goodhand BA PGCE(BIRMINGHAM) MSC PHD(MANCHESTER) Department of Anthropology and Sociology [email protected] Senior Lecturer in Development Practice Department of Development Studies [email protected] Mr Rakesh Nautiyal BA MA(GARHWAL) LLB Lector in Hindi Dr Almut Hintze BA(HEIDELBERG) MPHIL(OXON) DPHIL(ERLANGEN) Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia DHABIL(BERLIN) [email protected] Zartoshty Brothers Senior Lecturer in Zoroastrianism Department of the Study of Religions [email protected] 2 South Asia Newsletter: No 67 October 2007 3 School of Oriental and African and Studies of Oriental School Dr Matthew J Nelson BA(BOWDOIN) PHD(COLUMBIA) Dr Pasquale Scaramozzino LAUREA(ROME) MSC PHD(LONDON) Lecturer in the Politics of Asia/Africa Reader in Economics Department of Politics and International Studies [email protected] Department of Financial and Management Studies [email protected] Dr Francesca Orsini BA (VENICE) PHD(SOAS) Professor Christopher Shackle BA DIPSOC ANTHROP BLITT(OXON) Lecturer in the Literatures of North India PHD(LONDON) FBA Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia [email protected] Research Professor of the Modern Languages of South Asia Department of the Study of Religions [email protected] Dr Caroline Osella BA PHD(LONDON) Reader in Anthropology with reference to South Asia Dr Edward Simpson BSOC.SCI(MANCHESTER) PHD(LONDON) Department of Anthropology and Sociology [email protected] Lecturer in Social Anthropology Department of Anthropology and Sociology [email protected] Dr Ulrich Pagel BA PHD(LONDON) Senior Lecturer in Language and Religion in Tibet and Middle Asia Dr Subir Sinha BA(DELHI) MA PHD(NORTHWESTERN) Department of the Study of Religions [email protected] Lecturer in Institutions and Development Department of Development Studies [email protected] Dr Avril A Powell MA(CANTAB) PGCE PHD(LONDON) Reader in the History of Islam in South Asia Dr Tadeusz Skorupski LTH(VATICAN) PHD(LONDON) Department of History [email protected] Reader in Buddhist Studies Director, Centre of Buddhist Studies Mr Krishna Pradhan BA MA(TRIBHUVAN) Department of the Study of Religions [email protected] Lector in Nepali Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Dr Renata Söhnen-Thieme DRPHIL(MAINZ) [email protected] Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Dr Theodore Proferes BA(NEW YORK) MA PHD(HARVARD) [email protected] Lecturer in Ancient Indian Religions Associate Dean, Learning & Teaching Dr Shabnum Tejani BA(OBERLIN COLL) MA MPHIL PHD(COLUMBIA) Department of the Study of Religions [email protected] Lecturer in the History of Modern South Asia Department of History [email protected] Dr William Radice MA DPHIL(OXON) Senior Lecturer in Bengali Dr Hanne-Ruth Thompson Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Lector in Bengali [email protected] Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia [email protected] Dr Parvathi Raman BA PHD(LONDON) Lecturer in Social Anthropology Professor Tom Tomlinson MA PHD(CANTAB) Chair, Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies Research Professor of Economic History Department of Anthropology and Sociology [email protected] Department of History [email protected] Professor Peter G Robb BA(WELLINGTON) PHD(LONDON) FRHISTS Professor D Richard Widdess MUSB MA PHD(CANTAB) MA(LONDON) Professor of the History of India Professor of Musicology Pro-Director Department of Music [email protected] Department of History [email protected] Dr Amina Yaqin BA(PUNJAB) BA(SUSSEX) PHD(LONDON) Dr Martyn Rogers BA DPHIL (SUSSEX) Lecturer in Urdu and Postcolonial Studies Research Fellow Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Department of Anthropology and Sociology [email protected] [email protected] Dr Lucy Rosenstein BA MA PHD(LONDON) Dr Zawwar Husain Zaida MA LLB(ALIGARH) PHD(LONDON) Senior Lecturer in Hindi Senior Research Fellow Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Department of History [email protected] Dr Cosimo Zene BA MA PHD(LONDON) Dr Lawrence Saez BA(CALIFORNIA) MALD(FLETCHER) MA PHD(CHICAGO) Senior Lecturer in Theory and Methods in the Study of Religions Senior Lecturer in Comparative and International Politics Department of the Study of Religions [email protected] Department of Politics and International Studies [email protected] 2 South Asia Newsletter: No 67 October 2007 3 STAFF NEWS New Staff Member Academic Staff Promotions Dr Lawrence Sáez 2006-2007 has joined the Politics Department at public, and policy-makers. For instance, SOAS as Senior Lecturer in Comparative he is an external advisor to the European The following academic staff promotions and International Politics. He joins SOAS Commission and has been instrumental were approved by Governing Body with from the Asia Research Centre at the in setting up a European Commission- effect from 1 September 2007. London School of Economics, where sponsored academic network of India he was Visiting Fellow. His research is scholars based in the EU.