Staff Profiles
Centre for South Asian Studies
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Talat Ahmed | Senior Lecturer in South Asian History | 1.25 William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School Teviot Place T.Ahmed@ed.ac.uk |
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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 |
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John Brockington | Honorary Fellow | J.L.Brockington@ed.ac.uk | |
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Paul Dundas | Reader in Sanskrit | G1 7 Buccleuch Place P.Dundas@ed.ac.uk |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Christopher Harding | Senior Lecturer in Asian History | Room 2.23, Doorway 4, Teviot Place +44(0)131 650 9960 Christopher.Harding@ed.ac.uk |
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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 |
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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 |
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Hephzibah Israel | Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies | 10.08 David Hume Tower George Square H.Israel@ed.ac.uk |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |