outho S sia A Newsletter Centre of South Asian Studies www.soas.ac.uk/csas/ No 69 April 2008 Forthcoming events at SOAS this term: The Idea of Gujarat in History, Ethnography, and Text Workshop Further details on Page 10 Tasher Desh: Dance Drama by Tagore Further details on Page 9 Framing Muslims: Representation in Culture and Society Post 9/11 ‘Gender, Security and Citizenship: the gendered politics in and of Britain’s Muslim communities’ Katherine Brown Dept of Defence Studies, King’s College, University of London ‘Islamophobia and media (mis)representation: a post 07/07 analysis’ Tahir Abbas Reader in Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture at the University of Birmingham Thursday, 17 April 2008, 5.30-7pm Room L67, SOAS (Lower Ground Floor, Main Building, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square WC1H 0XG) All are Welcome. Booking is not required. For further information contact: Peter Morey on [email protected] or Amina Yaqin on [email protected] Term 3 Seminar Series South Asian History Framing Muslims seminar Further details on Page 15 and South Asian Law Term 3 Seminar Series Further details on Pages 7 and 8 CENTRE MEMBERS Professor Ravi AHUJA PHD(HEIDELBERG) Dr Almut HINTZE BA(HEIDELBERG) MPHIL(OXON) DPHIL(ERLANGEN) Professor of Modern South Asian History DHABIL(BERLIN) Chair, Centre of South Asian Studies Zartoshty Brothers Senior Lecturer in Zoroastrianism Department of History Department of the Study of Religions [email protected] [email protected] Dr Daud ALI BA(WILLIAM & MARY) MA PHD(CHICAGO) Dr Stephen P HUGHES BA(BATES COLL., LEWISTON) MA PHD(CHICAGO) Senior Lecturer in Early Indian History Lecturer in Social Anthropology Department of History Department of Anthropology and Sociology [email protected] [email protected] Dr Rochana BAJPAI BA(BARODA) MA(JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIV) PHD(OXON) Professor Michael J HUTT BA PHD(LONDON) Lecturer in the Politics of Asia/Africa Professor of Nepali and Himalayan Studies Department of Politics and International Studies Dean of Faculty of Languages and Cultures [email protected] Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia [email protected] Dr Crispin BRANFOOT BA(MANCHESTER) MA PHD(LONDON) School of Oriental and African Studies Lecturer in South Asian Art and Archaeology Professor Mushtaq KHAN BA(OXON) MPHIL PHD(CANTAB) Department of Art and Archaeology Professor of Economics [email protected] Department of Economics [email protected] Dr Whitney COX BA(VIRGINIA) MA PHD(CHICAGO) Lecturer in Sanskrit Mr Abul Hussain KHONDOKER Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Lector in Bengali [email protected] Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Dr Kate CROSBY BA DPHIL(OXON) Ms Prabha KOTISWARAN BA LLB (NLSIU, BANGALORE, INDIA) LLM SJD Senior Lecturer in Buddhist Studies (HARVARD) Department of the Study of Religions Lecturer in Law [email protected] School of Law [email protected] Dr Philippe CULLET LLM(LONDON) MA(LONDON) JSD(STANDFORD) Reader in International Environmental Law Dr Martin W LAU MA PHD(LONDON) School of Law Reader in Law [email protected] School of Law [email protected] Dr Jeevan S DEOL BA(BRITISH COLUMBIA) MPHI (LONDON) PHD(CANTAB) Lecturer in Urdu and South Asian Studies Dr Jens LERCHE MA PHD(COPENHAGEN) Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Senior Lecturer in Development Studies [email protected] Department of Development Studies [email protected] Dr Sonali DERANIYAGALA BA(CANTAB) MA(LONDON) DPHIL(OXON) Lecturer in Economics Dr Angelika MALINAR MA PHD(TÜßINGEN) Department of Economics Senior Lecturer in Hinduism [email protected] Department of the Study of Religions [email protected] Professor Rachel DWYER BA(LONDON) MPHIL)OXON) PHD(LONDON) Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema Dr Magnus MARSDEN BA PHD(CANTAB) Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Lecturer in Social Anthropology with reference to South and [email protected] Central Asia Department of Anthropology and Sociology Dr Peter FLÜGEL MA DPHIL (MAINZ) [email protected] Teaching Fellow Chair, Centre for Jaina Studies Mr Nicholas MARTLAND Department of the Study of Religions Librarian for South Asia, South East Asia & Pacifi c Studies [email protected] Library and Information Service [email protected] Dr Jonathan GOODHAND BA PGCE(BIRMINGHAM) MSC PHD(MANCHESTER) Senior Lecturer in Development Practice Dr Matthew MCCARTNEY BA(CANTAB) MPHIL(OXON) Department of Development Studies Lecturer in Economics with reference to South Asia [email protected] Department of Economics [email protected] 2 South Asia Newsletter: No 69 School of Oriental and African Studies Professor Werner F MENSKI MA(KIEL) PHD(LONDON) Dr William RADICE MA DPHIL(OXON) Professor of South Asian Laws Senior Lecturer in Bengali School of Law Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia [email protected] [email protected] Mr Satoshi MIYAMURA BA(TOKYO) MA(HITOTSUBASHI) MSC(LONDON) Dr Parvathi RAMAN BA PHD(LONDON) Teaching Fellow in Economics Lecturer in Social Anthropology Department of Economics Chair, Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies [email protected] Department of Anthropology and Sociology [email protected] Professor David MOSSE BA DPHIL(OXON) Professor of Social Anthropology Professor Peter G ROBB BA(WELLINGTON) PHD(LONDON) FRHISTS Department of Anthropology and Sociology Professor of the History of India [email protected] Pro-Director Department of History Mr Rakesh NAUTIYAL BA MA(GARHWAL) LLB [email protected] Lector in Hindi Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Dr Martyn ROGERS BA DPHIL (SUSSEX) [email protected] Research Fellow Department of Anthropology and Sociology Dr Matthew J NELSON BA(BOWDOIN) PHD(COLUMBIA) [email protected] Lecturer in the Politics of Asia/Africa Department of Politics and International Studies Dr Lucy ROSENSTEIN BA MA PHD(LONDON) [email protected] Senior Lecturer in Hindi Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Mr Paolo NOVAK MSC(LONDON) [email protected] Lecturer in Development Studies Department of Development Studies Dr Lawrence SAEZ BA(CALIFORNIA) MALD(FLETCHER) MA PHD(CHICAGO) [email protected] Senior Lecturer in Comparative and International Politics Department of Politics and International Studies Dr Francesca ORSINI BA (VENICE) PHD(SOAS) [email protected] Lecturer in the Literatures of North India Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Dr Pasquale SCARAMOZZINO LAUREA(ROME) MSC PHD(LONDON) [email protected] Reader in Economics Department of Financial and Management Studies Dr Caroline OSELLA BA PHD(LONDON) [email protected] Reader in Anthropology with reference to South Asia Department of Anthropology and Sociology Professor Christopher SHACKLE BA DIPSOC ANTHROP BLITT(OXON) [email protected] PHD(LONDON) FBA Research Professor of the Modern Languages of South Asia Dr Ulrich PAGEL BA PHD(LONDON) Department of the Study of Religions Senior Lecturer in Language and Religion in Tibet and Middle [email protected] Asia Department of the Study of Religions Dr Edward SIMPSON BSOC.SCI(MANCHESTER) PHD(LONDON) [email protected] Lecturer in Social Anthropology Department of Anthropology and Sociology Dr Avril A POWELL MA(CANTAB) PGCE PHD(LONDON) [email protected] Reader in the History of Islam in South Asia Department of History Dr Subir SINHA BA(DELHI) MA PHD(NORTHWESTERN) [email protected] Lecturer in Institutions and Development Department of Development Studies Mr Krishna PRADHAN BA MA(TRIBHUVAN) [email protected] Lector in Nepali Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Dr Tadeusz SKORUPSKI LTH(VATICAN) PHD(LONDON) [email protected] Reader in Buddhist Studies Director, Centre of Buddhist Studies Dr Theodore PROFERES BA(NEW YORK) MA PHD(HARVARD) Department of the Study of Religions Lecturer in Ancient Indian Religions [email protected] Associate Dean, Learning & Teaching Department of the Study of Religions Dr Renata SÖHNEN-THIEME DRPHIL(MAINZ) [email protected] Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia [email protected] April 2008 3 CENTRE MEMBERS Dr Shabnum TEJANI BA(OBERLIN COLL) MA MPHIL PHD(COLUMBIA) Professor D Richard WIDDESS MUSB MA PHD(CANTAB) MA(LONDON) Lecturer in the History of Modern South Asia Professor of Musicology Department of History Department of Music [email protected] [email protected] Dr Hanne-Ruth THOMPSON Dr Amina YAQIN BA(PUNJAB) BA(SUSSEX) PHD(LONDON) Lector in Bengali Lecturer in Urdu and Postcolonial Studies Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia [email protected] [email protected] Professor Tom TOMLINSON MA PHD(CANTAB) Dr Zawwar Husain ZAIDA MA LLB(ALIGARH) PHD(LONDON) Research Professor of Economic History Senior Research Fellow Department of History Department of History [email protected] Dr Cosimo ZENE BA MA PHD(LONDON) Dr Simona VITTORINI BA(BOLOGNA) MA PHD(LONDON) Senior Lecturer in Theory and Methods in the Study of Religions Lecturer in State and Development Department of the Study of Religions School of Oriental and African Studies Department of Politics and International Studies [email protected] [email protected] New Centre Chair Funding Priorties of the British Academy Unique Opportunity for SOAS Staff I am pleased to announce that Professor Ravi Ahuja has been appointed Chair of the Centre of South Asian Studies with immediate effect. Professor Peter Kornicki, FBA I regret that there has been a vacancy in this post recently, but would like to record the gratitude of the School to Jane Savory, The British Academy Dr Subir Sinha and Professor Werner Menski for their support in maintaining various aspects of the Centre’s activities, including a workshop, the newsletters, and the annual lecture.