Overall responsibility for the governance of the Faculty lies with the Faculty Board. Membership of the Board for the academic year 2025-26 is shown below.
A number of further committees report to the Board. For information about these, please see the links on the left.
Heads of Department
Middle Eastern Studies
Professor in the History and Culture of the Maghrib
, Head of Department and Co-Chair of the Faculty
East Asian Studies
Professor of Early Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
, Head of Department and Co-Chair of the Faculty
Faculty Board Members
Professor Mikael Adolphson
Dr Assef Ashraf
Dr Aaron D. Hornkohl
Professor William J. Hurst
Dr Heather Inwood
Dr Nuri Kim
Erina Kirisawa
Professor Aaron Koller
Professor Andrew Marsham
Dr Charis Olszok
Professor Christina Phillips
Professor Roel Sterckx FBA
Dr Victoria Young
External members
Miss Lydia Collings
Prof Kasia Boddy
Dr Dror Weil
Student members
Graduate Representative - to be elected
Undergraduate Representatives - to be elected