Humanities and Social Sciences
Find out about New Zealand India Research Institute fellows who specialise in subjects in the humanities.
Dr Robyn Andrews
Dr Robyn Andrews is a lecturer in social anthropology at Massey University, focusing on ageing, migration, citizenship, identity, and religion.
Professor Tony Ballantyne
Professor Tony Ballantyne is Pro-Vice-Chancellor Humanities at the University of Otago.
Dr Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Sekhar Bandyopadhyay is Professor of Asian History at Victoria University of Wellington.
Professor Gregory D. Booth
Gregory D Booth is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Auckland.
Dr Jane Buckingham
Jane Buckingham is an Associate Professor in History and Director of Graduate Studies at Canterbury University.
Dr Christina Ergler
Dr Christina Ergler is a lecturer in social geography at the University of Otago.
Dr Gautam Ghosh
Dr Gautam Ghosh is lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Otago.
Dr Lorena Gibson
Dr Lorena Gibson is a senior lecturer in Cultural Anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington.
Dr Nikki Hessell
Dr Nikki Hessell is deputy head of the School of English, Film, Theatre, Media Studies, and Art History at Victoria University of Wellington.
Dr Douglas Hill
Dr Douglas Hill is a associate professor in the School of Geography at the University of Otago.
Professor Henry Johnson
Professor Henry Johnson is associate director, Centre for Global Migrations, and co-director, asian migrations research theme, at the University of Otago.
Professor Priya Kurian
Dr Priya Kurian is professor of political science and public policy at the University of Waikato.
Associate Professor Jacqueline Leckie
Jacqueline Leckie is adjunct research fellow with the Stout Centre for New Zealand Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.
Dr Giacomo Lichtner
Dr Giacomo is currently the Associate Dean (Students) in the Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Dr James Liu
Dr Liu is adjunct fellow at the Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research, and professor of psychology and head of school at Massey University.
Dr Piers Locke
Dr Piers Locke is senior lecturer in anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, University of Canterbury.
Dr Graeme Macrae
Dr Graeme Macrae is senior lecturer in the School of People, Environment and Planning at Massey University.
Dr Jane McCabe
Dr Jane McCabe is a fixed-term lecturer in the Department of History and Art History at the University of Otago.
Dr Yann-Pierre Montelle
Dr Yann-Pierre Montelle is a rock art researcher who researches and teaches performance studies, anthropology, and archaeology.
Dr Manjeet S. Pardesi
Dr Pardesi is director of the Centre for Strategic Studies, and senior lecturer in the Political Science and International Relations programme.
Balamohan Shingade
Balamohan Shingade is a writer and curator employed as the assistant director of ST PAUL St Gallery at Auckland University of Technology.
Professor Jane Stafford
Professor Jane Stafford teaches in the English programme at Victoria University of Wellington.
Dr Will Sweetman
Will Sweetman is Professor of Asian Religions and Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Otago.
Associate Professor Sita Venkateswar
Sita Venkateswar is Programme Coordinator and Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology programme at Massey University.
Dr Rick Weiss
Dr Rick Weiss is an associate professor in the School of Social and Cultural Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.
Professor Vanessa Burholt
Professor Vanessa Burholt (BSc, PhD, FAcSS) is Professor of Gerontology in the School of Nursing/School of Population Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine.