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Director

Muhammad Kavesh

Dr

Muhammad Kavesh

Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow
Ethics
Multispecies Ethnography
Decolonization

Board Members

Aditya Balasubramanian

Dr

Aditya Balasubramanian

Senior Lecturer in History
Assa Doron

Professor

Assa Doron

Professor
ANTHROPOLOGY
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Prof

Bina D’Costa

Professor in International Relations
International Relations
Human Rights
Refugee and Forced migration studies
David Brewster

Dr

David Brewster

Senior Research Fellow
South Asia security
Indian Ocean security
Maritime security
Giti Datt

Ms

Giti Datt

PhD Candidate
South Asia
Anthropology
Colonisation
Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

Professor

Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy
South Asia
Natural Resource Management
Development
McComas Taylor

Professor

McComas Taylor

Professor, Reader in Sanskrit
LANGUAGE STUDIES
Indian Literature
Epistemology
Meera Ashar

Associate Professor

Meera Ashar

India
Asian History
Asian and Global History
Moeen Cheema

Dr

Moeen Cheema

Associate Professor, ANU College of Law
Pakistan Constitutional Law
comparative constitutionalism
Law and Society
Shameem Black

Associate Professor

Shameem Black

Associate Professor
LITERARY STUDIES
Gender Studies
Asian Cultural Studies
Tanya Jakimow

Associate Professor

Tanya Jakimow

Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow
community development
Gender and Politics
Livelihoods
V. Chitra

Dr

V. Chitra

Lecturer
Anthropology
Ecological anthropology
VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS

Members

Achalie Kumarage

Ms

Achalie Kumarage

PhD Candidate
Law and Society
Gender Studies
Regulation and Governance
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Dr

Adam Sargent

Lecturer, School of Archaeology and Anthropology
Semiotic Anthropology
Anthropology of Labour
Infrastructure
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Ms

Aditi Dubey

PhD Candidate
Aditya Balasubramanian

Dr

Aditya Balasubramanian

Senior Lecturer in History
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Mr

Ananda Devkota

PhD Candidate
Climate Change
South Asia
Environmental and Socio-economic Vulnerability
Andy Kennedy

Andrew Kennedy

Associate Professor
Chinese Politics
Chinese foreign and security policy
US-China competition
Anurug Chakma

Dr

Anurug Chakma

Research Fellow
Terrorism and Violence
Civil conflicts
Peace and Conflict Studies
Aryana Mohmood

Ms

Aryana Mohmood

Producer, Journalist and PhD scholar
History of International Relations
Peace and Conflict Studies
Gender Studies
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Mr

Asaf Lone

PhD Candidate
ANTHROPOLOGY
Ethnography
South Asia
Assa Doron

Professor

Assa Doron

Professor
ANTHROPOLOGY
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Ms

Ayesha Masood Chaudhry

PhD candidate in Anthropology (CAP)
Culture, Gender, Sexuality
Marriage
Pakistan
Binota Moy Dhamai

Mr

Binota Moy Dhamai

ARC Research Fellow
Indigenous Peoples related to politics, human rights, global governance, treaties and agreements, autonomy and self-determination.
Chaitanya Sambrani

Chaitanya Sambrani

AsPr, Art History, School of Art and Design
Art history
Art Theory
Asian History
Christopher Alan Gregory

EmPr

Christopher Alan Gregory

Emeritus Professor of Anthropology
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Chris Diamond

Dr

Christopher L. Diamond

Lecturer in Hindi
Asian Cultural Studies
Indian Languages
Indian Literature
Danish Ahmad

Dr

Danish Ahmad

Lecturer in Population Health and Social Science ANU College of Health and Medicine
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES
community development
global health
David Brewster

Dr

David Brewster

Senior Research Fellow
South Asia security
Indian Ocean security
Maritime security
Dipika Adhikari

Ms

Dipika Adhikari

PhD researcher
Natural Resource Management
political ecology
Environmental justice
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Mr

Easwar Anand Thampi

Research Scholar
Asian History
Authoritarian Politics
Legal Histories
Eva F Nisa

Dr

Eva F Nisa

Senior Lecturer
ANTHROPOLOGY
Islamic Studies
Culture, Gender, Sexuality
Geoffrey Piggott

Mr

Geoffrey Piggott

PhD Candidate,
Giti Datt

Ms

Giti Datt

PhD Candidate
South Asia
Anthropology
Colonisation
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Mr

Hassan F. Virk

PhD Candidate
Peace & conflict studies
Development
Multispecies Ethnography
Hatizah Rashid

Ms

Hatizah Rashid

Project Officer, Partnerships and Engagement
Pakistan
South Asia
Religion and Society
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Dr

Heba Al-Adawy

Visiting Fellow
Critical military studies
student activism
South Asian diasporas
Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

Professor

Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy
South Asia
Natural Resource Management
Development
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Ms

Maimuna Ashraf

PhD scholar
Pakistan
International Relations, International Security Studies
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Ms

Mamta Sachan Kumar

PhD Candidate
South Asian diasporas
Gender Studies
Japan
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Dr

Mansoor Ahmed

Honorary Lecturer
Pakistan
Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Ms

Mashrufah Khatun

PhD candidate
Gender Studies
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural policy and food security
Matt Schissler

Mr

Matt Schissler

Visiting Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, ANU
Southeast Asia
Myanmar
Genocide
Dr Matt Withers

Dr

Matt Withers

Senior Lecturer
Labour, Migration And Development
Political economy
Social reproduction
McComas Taylor

Professor

McComas Taylor

Professor, Reader in Sanskrit
LANGUAGE STUDIES
Indian Literature
Epistemology
Meera Ashar

Associate Professor

Meera Ashar

India
Asian History
Asian and Global History
Moeen Cheema

Dr

Moeen Cheema

Associate Professor, ANU College of Law
Pakistan Constitutional Law
comparative constitutionalism
Law and Society
Mohammad Ibrahim Khalad

Mr

Mohammad Ibrahim Khalad

PhD Student, Australian National University
Man and Masculinities
Refugee and Forced migration studies
Muhammad Kavesh

Dr

Muhammad Kavesh

Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow
Ethics
Multispecies Ethnography
Decolonization
Peter Friedlander

Peter Friedlander

A/Prof Hindi and South Asian Studies
Indian Literature
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Ms

Pranjali Das

PhD Candidate
philanthropy
Corporate social responsibility
Anthropology of Development
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Mr

Pratyush Paras Sarma

PhD candidate
Indian politics
Electoral Studies
Campaigning Strategies
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Ms

Ranu Kunwar

PhD scholar
Urban Studies
Himalayan Studies
Informal labour
Remeen Firoz

Ms

Remeen Firoz

PhD Candidate in Anthropology, CHL-ANU
Climate Change
Munda Indigenous Community
Sundarban Mangrove Ecosystem
Ronit Ricci

Ronit Ricci

AsPr
Indonesia
Samuel Bashfield

Mr

Samuel Bashfield

PhD Scholar
Defence Studies
Foreign policy analysis
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Mr

Saurabh Kumar Nath

PhD student
Language, people and society (Sociolinguistics)
Shameem Black

Associate Professor

Shameem Black

Associate Professor
LITERARY STUDIES
Gender Studies
Asian Cultural Studies
Sharon Susan Koshy

Ms

Sharon Susan Koshy

PhD Candidate
Labour, Migration And Development
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Ms

Shireen Hafesjee

PhD Candidate
Australian Literature
LITERARY STUDIES
Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross Cultural Studies
Shunichi Ishihara

AsPr

Shunichi Ishihara

CHL
Japanese Language
Stephanie Majcher

Dr

Stephanie Majcher

Lecturer in Sanskrit
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit, Pre-modern India, innovation in teaching
Vedic Studies
Stuti Bhatnagar

Dr

Stuti Bhatnagar

Post Doctoral Research Fellow
International Relations
Government and Politics of Asia and the Pacific
South Asia
Subrata Banarjee

Mr

Subrata Banarjee

PhD Candidate
Gender-based violence, Criminology and social sciences, Terrorism and Violence
Tanya Jakimow

Associate Professor

Tanya Jakimow

Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow
community development
Gender and Politics
Livelihoods
Tayyaba Malik

Mrs

Tayyaba Malik

PhD Research Student
Islam and Gender, Women activism, Women’s political activism
Tomoko Akami

AsPr

Tomoko Akami

Associate Professor
Asian and Global History
History of International Relations
Political and diplomatic history of Japan
V. Chitra

Dr

V. Chitra

Lecturer
Anthropology
Ecological anthropology
VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS
Viyanga Nirmanie Gunasekera

Ms

Viyanga Nirmanie Gunasekera

PhD Student
Women, Peace and Security
border studies
Memory Studies
Wasia Arshad

Ms

Wasia Arshad

PhD Candidate
Medical anthropology
Traditional medicine
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Zazie Bowen

Dr

Zazie Bowen

Sessional academic Tjabal Centre
South Asia
Anthropology
Childhoods studies

Affiliates

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Dr.

Afroz Ahmad Shah

Sr. Assistant Professor of Structural Geology
Earthquake and tsunami hazard and risk
Landslide hazards
Flood hazards
Ben Archer

Mr

Ben Archer

Associate Lecturer
Continuing and Community Education
educational access
career development
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Dr.

Faiza Muhammad Din

Lecturer Urdu & Post-doc, Institute for Asian and African studies, Humboldt University, Berlin
Urdu,
Kama Maclean

Professor

Kama Maclean

Chair of History, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg
19th-20th century British India
Kelzang T. Tashi

Dr

Kelzang T. Tashi

Posdoctoral Fellow
Social and Cultural Anthropology
South Asia
Religion and Society
Laila Bushra

PhD

Laila Bushra

Tutor, School of Social and Political Science
Historical sociology
Political economy and social change
Mark Macleod

Dr

Mark Macleod

Chair, TasWriters; Adjunct Senior Lecturer Charles Sturt University
Children's Literature; Creative Writing
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman

Dr

Mohammad Mizanur Rahman

Research Associate (Non-resident), Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp and Secretary-General, South Asian Network for Public Administration (SANPA)
Career civil servant with a PhD and research contributions
Neeti Goutam

Mrs

Neeti Goutam

Strategic Lead Communications ASIA
Researcher
COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES
South Asia
Nirukshi Perera

Dr

Nirukshi Perera

Research Fellow
Language, people and society (Sociolinguistics)
sri lanka
South Asian diasporas
Patrick McCartney

Dr

Patrick SD McCartney

Phoenix Fellow
Maritime Archaeology
ARCHAEOLOGY
Art history
Sheikh Imran Ishrat

Dr.

Sheikh Imran Ishrat

Sr. Lecturer
Sustainable supply chain
South Asia
Qualitative Methods
TRAN MY HAI LOC

PhD

TRAN MY HAI LOC

Deputy Head of Department of Diplomatic Politics, Faculty of International Relations | HUFLIT
Foreign policy analysis
defense cooperation
Global Governance