Dr Muhammad A. Kavesh

Associate Professor & Director of South Asia Research Institute | School of Culture, History and Language | College of Asia and Pacific | Australian National University

I am an anthropologist whose research explores ethics, decolonization, multispecies relations, and the shifting geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific. I am the author of “Spies and Other Pigeons” (Forthcoming, University of Washington Press), “Animal Enthusiasms” (Routledge, 2021) and the editor of “Nurturing Alternative Futures: Living with Diversity in a More-than-Human World” (2024). I have also co-edited two special journal issues and published widely in leading journals, including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Journal of Asian Studies, Oxford Development Studies, and South Asia. My current research, supported by the Australian Research Council, examines the animal trade and emerging geopolitical dynamics in South Asia.

  • PhD, Australian National University

  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Australian Anthropological Society

  • Faculty of Arts and Science Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto