Sokhanvari’s work asks what remains after a life has been pushed out of history – and whether a portrait can resurrect a woman consigned to oblivion.
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Professor of Political Economy and Global Development, and Director of SOAS Middle East Institute, SOAS, University of London; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies, SOAS, University of London
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PhD Candidate in Economics, SOAS, University of London
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PhD Candidate, Department of Gender Studies, SOAS, University of London
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PhD Candidate, Climate Disaster Economics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies, Inaugural Co-Director of Centre for AI Futures, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Law, SOAS, University of London
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Lecturer in Museum Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of West African Anthropology, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Persian Studies, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Practice in Diplomacy, Dept of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
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CHASE AHRC Doctoral Researcher and PhD student in the Department of Music, SOAS, University of London
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Reader in Peacebuilding, Humanitarian Action and Conflict, SOAS, University of London
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Research fellow, SOAS, University of London; University of Cambridge