We are happy to welcome Dr. Zahir Bhalloo (Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud, EHESS, Paris) as Postdoctoral  Fellow at the BGSMCS from November 2017 until April 2019. The title of his research project is "Transregional networks in the philological and devotional practices of Shii communities in Oman and Zanzibar".