Modern and Contemporary Chinese and Sinophone literature; comparative theory of narratology; literature and thought in the making of Chinese modernity
Elected 2024
The history of the Islamic world; the formation & development of traditional Islamic thought, & its implications in the modern world; Islamic thought, & its implications in the modern world; Islamic history in comparative perspective.
Archaeology
Art, photography, museums and material culture of Tibet, the Tibetan diaspora and India. Anthropological, art historical and curatorial research on the representation of Tibet internationally in the past and present
