Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) PhD Council The following staff members are currently part of the LIAS PhD Council Composition Mehdy Shaddel Basir, chair and contact Aafke van Ewijk Gözde Kircioğlu Nicholas Kontovas Said Reza Huseini Katie Saentaweesook Xiaoqiang Meng Jurre van der Meer Elly Mulder