Section: Staff Profiles

All Staff

Core Staff

Name Title Contact Information
Roger Jeffery Professor of Sociology of South Asia 2.04
7 Buccleuch Place
+44 (0)131 650 3976
R.Jeffery@ed.ac.uk
Crispin Bates Director of South Asian Studies Room 1.23 William Robertson Wing
+44 (0)131 650 3765
Crispin.Bates@ed.ac.uk
Talat Ahmed (0131 6)50 3762
T.Ahmed@ed.ac.uk
Jacob Copeman Lecturer 1.01, 58 George Square
+44 (0)131 6506860
Paul Dundas Reader in Sanskrit
Stefan Ecks Senior Lecturer, Social Anthropology 4.28 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44 (0)131 650 6969
Stefan.Ecks@ed.ac.uk
Valerie Evans Research Assistant / AMASA Project Coordinator 5.03 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44 (0) 131 650 3909
v.evans@ed.ac.uk
Anthony Good Professor Emeritus 2.10
7 Buccleuch Place
+44 (0)131 650 3941
A.Good@ed.ac.uk
Hugo Gorringe Senior Lecturer, Sociology 3.04
56 George Square
+44 (0)131 650 3940
h.gorringe@ed.ac.uk
Radhika Govinda Lecturer 6.21 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44(0)131 650 3906
Radhika.Govinda@ed.ac.uk
Christopher Harding Lecturer in Asian History Room 2.23, Doorway 4, Teviot Place
+44(0)131 650 9960
Christopher.Harding@ed.ac.uk
Ian Harper Senior Lecturer, Head of Anthropology 5.10 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44 (0)131 650 3816
ian.harper@ed.ac.uk
Lotte Hoek Lecturer, Social Anthropology 5.26 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44 (0)131 650 6970
lotte.hoek@ed.ac.uk
Hephzibah Israel Lecturer in Translation Studies hepisrael@yahoo.co.uk
Sumeet Jain Lecturer in Social Work 2.30 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44(0)131 651 1463
sumeet.jain@ed.ac.uk
Patricia Jeffery Professor, Sociology 2.06
8 Buccleuch Place
+44 (0)131 650 3984
P.Jeffery@ed.ac.uk
Arkotong Longkumer Lecturer in Religious Studies +44 (0)131 650 8781
A.Longkumer@ed.ac.uk
Sidharthan Maunaguru Newton Fellow 5.12 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
Andrea Nightingale Lecturer; Admissions Advisor (MA Geography)
Jeanne Openshaw Honorary Fellow, School of Divinity
George Palattiyil Lecturer, Social Work 2.24 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44 (0)131 650 3907
g.palattiyil@ed.ac.uk
Shishusri Pradhan Lecturer in International Development, Programme Director for the MSc in Science, Technology and International Development 4.10 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44 (0) 131 651 5677
spradhan@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Liz Reily Secretary, Centre of Canadian Studies and Centre for South Asian Studies 4.03
15a George Square
+44 (0)131 650 4129
liz.reilly@ed.ac.uk
Jeevan Sharma Lecturer in South Asia and International Development; Programme Director of the MSc in South Asia and International Development 4.30 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44 (0) 131 6511760
jeevan.sharma@ed.ac.uk
Jonathan Spencer Professor of the Anthropology of South Asia & Head of School of Social and Political Science 5.02 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44 (0)131 650 3944
jonathan.spencer@ed.ac.uk
Wilfried Swenden Senior Lecturer in Politics; and Director of Postgraduate Admissions (Politics & IR) 3.05 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44 (0)131 650 4255
W.Swenden@ed.ac.uk
Neil Thin Senior Lecturer, Social Anthropology 5.27 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
+44 (0)131 650 3880
n.thin@ed.ac.uk
Akhila Yechury Lecturer in Asian History 0130 651 1925
akhila.yechury@ed.ac.uk

Fellows

Name Title Contact Information
J Brockington Honorary Fellow J.L.Brockington@ed.ac.uk
Marina Carter Honorary Fellow, CSAS marinadcarter@yahoo.co.uk
Bashabi Fraser Honorary Fellow, CSAS B.Fraser@napier.ac.uk
Margret Frenz Honorary Fellow M.Frenz@ed.ac.uk
Ester Gallo Honorary Fellow, CSAS Room B.2
21 George Square
+44 (0)131 650 4078
egallo@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Associates

Name Title Contact Information
Abhay Abhyankar Chair of Financial Markets, Baillie Gifford +44 (0)131 650 8075
A.Abhyankar@ed.ac.uk
Radha Adhikari Research Associate CSAS radhaadhikari@yahoo.com
Clare Anderson Professor of History, Leicester University ca26@le.ac.uk
Ron Asher Professor Emeritus in Linguistics, University of Edinburgh r.e.asher@ed.ac.uk
Patricia Barton Lecturer in History, Universityof Strathclyde +44(0)141 548 2932 (Ext. 2932)
p.barton@strath.ac.uk
Simon Charsley Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow 0141 339 4927
simoncharsley@yahoo.co.uk
Manuela Ciotti Research Associate CSAS m.ciotti@ed.ac.uk
Jamie Cross Lecturer in Anthropology and Development; Leverhulme Early Career Fellow (2011-2014) 1.05
58 George Square
Office: +44(0)1316515181 Mobile: +44(0)7552817310
jamie.cross@ed.ac.uk
Sally Cummings Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of St. Andrews snc@st-andrews.ac.uk
Markus Daechsel Lecturer in Modern Islamic Societies, Royal Holloway Markus.Daechsel@rhul.ac.uk
Duncan B. Forrester Emeritus Professor of Divinity, University of Edinburgh D.Forrester@ed.ac.uk
Peter B. Freshwater Retired Deputy Librarian, University of Edinburgh peter@ihillfoot.demon.co.uk
Rachel Hinton Research Consultant in Social Anthropology R-Hinton@dfid.gov.uk
Aya Ikegame Research Associate, Oecumene Project, Open University Aya.Ikegame@ed.ac.uk
Shinya Ishizaka Visiting Fellow CSAS Research Fellow, NIHU Centre for Area Studies Centre for the Study of Contemporary India Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University 3.12 Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
0131 651 3785/+81 90 8218 9874
ishizaka@asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Chandrika Kaul Lecturer in British and Imperial History, University of St. Andrews ck24@st-andrews.ac.uk
Peter Lehr Senior research associate at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St. Andrews
Andrew MacKillop Lecturer in History, University of Aberdeen a.mackillop@abdn.ac.uk
Andrea Major Lecturer in Wider World History , University of Leeds Room 352 William Robertson Building
A.Major@leeds.ac.uk
Jim Mills Senior Lecturer in South Asian and Colonial History, Strathclyde University Jim.Mills@strath.ac.uk
Daniel O'Connor Former Lecturer at St Stephen's, Delhi University: Hon Research Fellow, New College danoconnor@btinternet.com
Chris Ogden Lecturer in Asian Studies, University of St Andrews cco2@st-andrews.ac.uk
Paul Routledge Reader in Geography, Glasgow University proutledge@geog.glas.ac.uk
Salla Sariola Research Associate , Anthropology, University of Durham salla.sariola@durham.ac.uk
Samiksha Sehrawat Lecturer in the History of Medicine and South Asia, Newcastle University 0191 222 8262
samiksha.sehrawat@ncl.ac.uk
Neelam Srivastava Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature, University of Newcastle Neelam.Srivastava@newcastle.ac.uk
Deborah Sutton Lecturer in History, Lancaster University D.Sutton@lancaster.ac.ukl
Richard W Whitecross Honorary Fellow in Social Anthropology 0131 244 2094
Richard.Whitecross@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Kim Wagner Lecturer in Global History, Queen Mary University of London Kim.ati.wagner@googlemail.com

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