South Asia
Region Leader
Professor Claire Chambers
Claire is Professor of Global Literature. Claire is an expert in contemporary South Asian literature written in English and literary representations of British Muslims. Claire's new monograph, Britain Through Muslim Eyes, traces the development of artistic depictions of Muslims in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present day.
Claire's research
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York Asia Research Network,
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University of York,
Heslington, York,
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Research highlights
Britain through Muslim eyes
Claire Chambers, Senior Lecturer in Global Literature has published a book: Britain Through Muslim Eyes: Literary Representations, 1780-1988.
Tackling the parasitic disease, leishmaniasis
York scientists will be working with the researchers in Brazil, Sri Lanka, and India, to understand the basis for variability of treatment response in cutaneous leishmaniasis across different countries.
White Rose South Asia Network
The White Rose South Asia Network (WRSAN) connects the exceptional group of scholars working in the interdisciplinary area of South Asian Studies at the Universities of York, Leeds and Sheffield.
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Combating global antimicrobial resistance
This major study looks at the social and economic factors behind global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and will help develop policies to combat the problem.
Tobacco and TB
Led by Dr Kamran Siddiqi, a senior lecturer in Department of Health Sciences, this project aims to find the most effective way to encourage TB patients in Pakistan to stop smoking.
Protecting food crops in India against climate change
This project is examining genes in rice and oilseed and mustard seed rape, with the ultimate aim of improving production of the crops.
Primary Health Care and Universal Health Coverage policies in South Asia
This project was led by Professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Former Director of the Centre for Global Health Histories. It assesses different national healthcare projects and their implementation alongside the wide-ranging impact of foreign aid packages on the development of facilities for universal healthcare.
Rice Fuel
The University of York is a partner on this project, led by the University of Nottingham, which is developing a microbial based process able to convert rice straw-derived sugars into the advanced biofuels, butanol, and alkanes.
Region Members
Department of Economics and Related Studies
Anindya's reasearch interests are in measuring institutional structure in rural areas on the basis of primary data on interaction networks and then investigating the impacts of that on development outcomes.
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History
Arnab's research interests include the Madras Presidency, one of the three presidencies in Colonial India. Dealing with medical transformation in the area, from military to civilian perspectives.
School for Business and Society
Arun researches the histories of development and management in post/colonial India. He is particularly interested in researching the historical role and influence of large-scale organised philanthropy. He was recently awarded a grant by the Rockefeller Archives Centre to research the history of management education in India.
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History
Gerard's research areas include India-Africa relations; South Asian diaspora (especially in East Africa and Southeast Asia); Sikh diaspora; Indian foreign policy; India and the world; decolonization; third worldism and global south.
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English and Related Literature
Indrani's research interests are in women's writing, gender and sexuality, motherhood, postcolonial feminism and Indian women's writing.
York Law School
Indrani researches existing policies concerning indigenous peoples in order to identify gaps in the implementation of human rights instruments, and examines what concrete changes have occurred for indigenous peoples as a result of land rights legislation.
Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU)
Janaka's research aims to develop new knowledge on dealing with uncertainties and dangers presented by disasters and conflicts in the region. He is collaborating with communities and institutions in countries such as Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Pacific Islands.
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History
Joanna's research interests include gendered socio-cultural histories of Iran, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, and the Persianate world since c.1750; orientalism, imperialism and anti-imperialism in those settings; concepts of, and debates around, historical practice in those fields.
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English and Related Literature
Melony's research looks at a cross-national comparison - India and Ireland, postcolonial theory, contemporary womanhood in India, postcolonial feminism, nationalism, motherhood, female sexuality, Indian women's poetry, Indian English poetry.
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Centre for Immunology and Infection
Department of Biology / HYMS
Paul's research focuses on neglected diseases of poverty, mostly the leishmaniases. He works with colleagues in India (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Kala Azar Medical Research Centre, Muzaffarpur) and Sri Lanka (University of Sri Jayewardenepura) to better understand disease pathogenesis and to develop new approaches for prevention and treatment of disease.
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Environment
Richard's research interest include transformations of rural society and urbanization; political economy of urbanization and changing patterns of poverty, vulnerability and risk; environmental governance and rights; development, climate change and natural disasters; specialist interest in Thailand and the Mekong region.
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Centre for Applied Human Rights
Centre for Women's Studies
Ruth's research interests are in human rights, vernacular storytelling and alternative approaches to development (notably the commons, the care economy and wage-led growth); Creative activism; Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Vietnam.
Language and Linguistic Science
Sam works on the sound systems of Arabic dialects primarily, but also on the Indo-Aryan language Mirpuri Pahari (spoken both in the UK and in Pakistan), with a special focus on the expression of meaning via stress, rhythm and intonation, and on the contemporary effects of historical contact.
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Environment
Samarthia's research areas include sustainable food production and consumption (includes sustainable lifestyles, sustainable diets, food losses and food waste management and environmentally friendly behaviours); Understanding enhanced transport systems (includes innovative, efficient, sustainable and practical shortest pathways for low carbon strategies); CSR and sustainability of supply chains across a range of sectors (food, automotive, textiles, construction).
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Politics (PhD student)
Zahid is working on violent extremism in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan with a focus on the link between the system of governance and violent extremism.
Department of History of Art
I work primarily on South Asia Art and the Raj, and British encounters with Hinduism and Buddhism in colonial South Asia. I also have research interests in British Japanism and Chinoiserie and the longer Anglo-American reception of Buddhism. The Queer Middle East is also of developing interest to me.
Global Opportunities, International Recruitment, Partnerships and Mobility (IRPM)
I'm interested in events, funding and study exchange opportunities for York students in Asia.
School for Business and Society (Postgraduate researcher)
Vasana's research is focused on body labour in the wellness industry in Sri Lanka. Key research themes include gender, space and power relations.
English and Related Literature
Aakanksha's PhD research focuses on queer women characters in contemporary Indian writing. Her other research interests include gender, feminism, translation, queer feminist theory and affect theory
Environment and Geography
Through a range of ecological techniques, contemporary mapping, modelling and scenario development, I aim to better understand the spatial and temporal dynamics of tropical ecosystems, their societal value and challenges to their conservation and sustainable development.
Health Sciences
My research interests are on what learning approaches empower girls and women from marginalised and rural backgrounds, focusing on women folk from South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Her work focuses on raising awareness of the implications on women folk from South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Her work focuses on raising awareness of the implications on health and wellbeing and community wellbeing by contemporary and non-mainstream pedagogical approaches within the context of disasters, conflict and uneven development.
Languages and linguistics
My research interests focuses on Saudi Arabic dialects linguistics aspects, mainly on phonological and intonational aspects in relation to sociolinguistics aspects and language contact.
Archaeology and Environment
Dr Green is an archaeologist who specialises in the long-run relationship between inequality and sustainability in South Asia. His research highlights the surprising prevalence of egalitarianism in the archaeological record, and his interest in inequality in the past is tied to a strong desire to reduce inequalities in the present. He works closely with farmers, economists, agronomists, and other stakeholder communities to identify ways archaeological data and insights can help make the world fairer and more sustainable.
York Law School
Martin's research examines the role of the law, the legal professional and legal processes and institutions in protection, with a particular focus on the protection of refugees and activists at risk (human rights defenders).
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York Asia Research Network,
Department of History,
University of York,
Heslington, York,
YO10 5DD