Dr. Avni Chag is a Research Specialist at the Abrahamic Family House and an instructor and researcher specializing in South Asian history, religion, and museum studies. With over a decade of experience working across leading museums, libraries, and cultural heritage institutions, her work bridges academic research and professional practice, with a particular focus on the material and visual cultures of South Asia, manuscript traditions, and the politics of collecting and representation within global museum contexts.

As an experienced art and manuscript specialist, Dr. Chag has led and contributed to major projects in cataloguing, curating, and digitisation, particularly relating to Islamic and South Asian collections. She has managed interdisciplinary teams and collaborated with scholars, conservators, and heritage specialists to support innovative, research-driven, and access-oriented approaches to cultural heritage interpretation.

Her expertise includes collection development and curation, acquisitions strategy, budget and project management, and the design of research-led programmes and public engagement initiatives. She is particularly interested in fostering inclusive and critical approaches to heritage interpretation and in developing frameworks that connect academic scholarship with wider public engagement.

Through her teaching, research, and consultancy work, Dr. Chag continues to support the responsible stewardship of cultural heritage and advance accessible, cross-disciplinary knowledge production.