Agrarian transitions in Asia with a focus on livelihoods and living; migration, mobility and rural-urban relations; resilience and adaptation to natural hazards and environmental change; Southeast Asia area studies
African-language political and moral thought; the historical-linguistic translation of freedom, equality and human rights; the racial and humanitarian politics of Christian missions in 19th-century Africa
Historical anthropology of religion, social-political systems and livelihoods, especially with reference to Indian caste inequality and activism, religious pluralism (Hindu and Christian) and common property resources; the anthropology of knowledge, institutions and international development.
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