Staff Profiles

Centre for South Asian Studies

	Name	Title	Research Interests	Contact Information
	Talat Ahmed	Senior Lecturer in South Asian History		1.25 William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School Teviot Place T.Ahmed@ed.ac.uk
	Crispin Bates	Professor of Modern and Contemporary South Asian History; School of History, Classics and Archaeology		1.23 William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School Teviot Place +44 (0)131 650 3765 Crispin.Bates@ed.ac.uk
	John Brockington	Honorary Fellow		J.L.Brockington@ed.ac.uk
	Paul Dundas	Reader in Sanskrit		G1  7 Buccleuch Place P.Dundas@ed.ac.uk
	Stefan Ecks	Senior Lecturer; Director PGT	Medical Anthropology,Medical pluralism,Anthropology of Pharmaceuticals,Anthropology of food,Transcultural psychiatry	4.28 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 6969 Stefan.Ecks@ed.ac.uk
	Anthony Good	Professor Emeritus in Social Anthropology	South Asia,Immigration,Kinship,Hinduism,Legal anthropology,Legal pluralism,asylum seekers and refugees	Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square A.Good@ed.ac.uk
	Hugo Gorringe	Senior Lecturer, Sociology; Co-director - Centre of South Asian Studies	Dalit Politics,Policing,Protest,Social movements,Social Violence,Political Economy of India,Caste,Indian Politics	1.02, Number 22  George Square +44 (0)131 650 3940 h.gorringe@ed.ac.uk
	Christopher Harding	Senior Lecturer in Asian History		Room 2.23, Doorway 4, Teviot Place  +44(0)131 650 9960 Christopher.Harding@ed.ac.uk
	Ian Harper	Professor of Anthropology of Health and Development	International development,South Asia,Medical Anthropology,Global Health Policy	5.03 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 3816 ian.harper@ed.ac.uk
	Lotte Hoek	Head of Subject; Senior Lecturer, Social Anthropology	Media anthropology,Sexuality,Visual Culture,Cinema,Urban Ethnography,South Asia,Bangladesh,Pakistan	5.23 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 6544 lotte.hoek@ed.ac.uk
	Hephzibah Israel	Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies		10.08 David Hume Tower George Square H.Israel@ed.ac.uk
	Roger Jeffery	Professor of Sociology of South Asia; Associate Director, Edinburgh India Institute	Health policy,Emerging economies and global health,Health systems and global health,Political Economy of India,The Sociology of Scotland,Environment	Room 2, 22A Buccleuch Place  +44 (0)131 650 3976 R.Jeffery@ed.ac.uk
	Ada Munns	Centre Secretary, Centre for South Asian Studies,Centre of Canadian Studies, SKAPE, Network Facilitator, Leverhulme Project		1.14 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44(0)131 6504129 Ada.Munns@ed.ac.uk
	George Palattiyil	Senior Lecturer | MSW Programme Director | Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK	HIV and AIDS,asylum seekers and refugees,Human rights,surrogacy and cross border reproductive services,international social work and social development,diversity and marginalisation,migration, social inclusion and citizenship	2.24 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 3907 g.palattiyil@ed.ac.uk
	Kanchana Ruwanpura	Reader in Development Geography; Co-Director Centre of South Asian Studies		1.13B, Institute of Geography  Drummond Street kanchana.ruwanpura@ed.ac.uk
	Jeevan Sharma	Senior Lecturer in South Asia and International Development	Migrant labor,Migration and development,livelihoods,Gender and Development,Youth,human rights,Development and Humanitarian Aid,Global Health,Reproductive & child health,Monitoring and Evaluation,Nepal and the Himalaya,South Asia	6.07 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0) 131 6511760 jeevan.sharma@ed.ac.uk
	Jonathan Spencer	Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society	Religion and Politics,Sri Lanka,South and Southeast Asia,Buddhism,War and peace	3F1, 3.24  18 Buccleuch Place +44 (0)131 650 3944 jonathan.spencer@ed.ac.uk
	Wilfried Swenden	Professor of South Asian and Comparative Politics, Postgraduate Advisor (PIR PhD/MScR)	Federalism,intergovernmental relations,Governing in divided societies,Indian Politics,Territorial Politics,Multi-level governance,Comparative Politics	3.05 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square +44 (0)131 650 4255 W.Swenden@ed.ac.uk