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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

 

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as are Directors of Study for AMES, who are not necessarily Faculty staff.

Heads of Department

Middle Eastern Studies

Ali Reza & Mohamed Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies

 

East Asian Studies

Professor of East Asian History

 

Teaching & Research Staff

Professor Mikael Adolphson Photo by Danish Saroee for SCAS
Keidanren Professor of Japanese Studies
sma75@cam.ac.uk
Dr Paul Anderson
HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal University Associate Professor in Middle Eastern Studies, Assistant Director, HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies
psa27@cam.ac.uk
Dr Assef Ashraf
University Associate Professor in the Eastern Islamic Lands and Persian-Speaking World
aa2098@cam.ac.uk
Dr Ian Atkinson
Research Associate in Hebrew Linguistics and Philology
ia431@cam.ac.uk
Dr Thomas P. Barrett
Postdoctoral Research Associate in East Asian History
tpb41@cam.ac.uk
Professor Amira K Bennison
Professor in the History and Culture of the Maghrib
amira.bennison@ames.cam.ac.uk
Dr Yair Berlin
British Academy Newton International Postdoctoral Fellow
yb325@cam.ac.uk
Professor Adam Yuet Chau
Professor of the Anthropology of China
ayc25@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan Duquette
Leverhulme Trust Research Associate, Late Vedānta project, Affiliated Lecturer in Sanskrit, Faculty of Divinity, Bye-Fellow in South Asian Religions and Philosophies, Selwyn College
jd861@cam.ac.uk
Mrs Farida El Keiy
University Associate Professor in Arabic, Year Abroad Arabic Coordinator
fhmze2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Hajni Elias
Affiliated Lecturer in Chinese Art and Material Culture
hpe20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Xin Fan Xin Fan
Teaching Associate in Modern Chinese History
xf247@cam.ac.uk
Dr Flavia Xi Fang Flavia Xi Fang
Teaching Associate in Classical Chinese and Middle-Period China
xf236@cam.ac.uk
Dr Elena Follador
Japan & the World Postdoctoral Fellow
ef362@cam.ac.uk
Dr Noga Ganany
University Associate Professor in the Study of Late Imperial China
ng462@cam.ac.uk
Wiktor Gebski
Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellow in Hebrew Studies
wmg24@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mahbod Ghaffari
University Associate Professor in Persian Language, Linguistics and Culture
mg695@cam.ac.uk
Dr Joseph Habib
Postdoctoral Associate in Hebrew Linguistics and Philology
jh2410@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mihye Harker
Korean Language Teaching Associate
mh963@cam.ac.uk
Dr Aaron D. Hornkohl
University Associate Professor in Hebrew
adh44@cam.ac.uk
Professor William J. Hurst
Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development
wjh45@cam.ac.uk
Dr Heather Inwood
University Associate Professor in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
hi208@cam.ac.uk
Dr Benjamin Kantor
Research Associate in Biblical Hebrew Philology
bk407@cam.ac.uk
Dr Shuan Karim Headshot of Dr. Shuan Osman Karim a  thirty-eight year old Kurdish man with a fair complexion, a salt and pepper beard, and translucent rainbow colored acrylic glasses.
Postdoctoral Researcher
sk2300@cam.ac.uk
Dr Miki Kawabata
University Associate Professor in Japanese
mk820@cam.ac.uk
Dr Saussan Khalil Saussan Khalil
Senior Teaching Associate in Arabic
smk58@cam.ac.uk
Professor Geoffrey Khan
Regius Professor of Hebrew
gk101@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nuri Kim
University Assistant Professor in Korean Studies
nk588@cam.ac.uk
Erina Kirisawa
Teaching Associate in Japanese
ek618@cam.ac.uk
Aishwarj Kumar
University Associate Professor in Hindi
ak403@cam.ac.uk
Professor Barak Kushner
Professor of East Asian History
bk284@cam.ac.uk
Dr Christian Locatell
Research Associate in Hebrew Studies
cl900@cam.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Marsham
Professor of Classical Arabic Studies
adm56@cam.ac.uk
Dr Masoud Mohammadirad
Research Associate in Linguistics
mm2613@cam.ac.uk
Dr Dorota Molin
Research Associate in Hebrew & Aramaic Studies
dm605@cam.ac.uk
Dr Elizabeth Monier
Assistant Professor in Modern Arabic Studies
ei211@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Montgomery
Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic
jem33@cam.ac.uk
Dr Paul Moore
Teaching Associate in Hebrew and Aramaic
pm470@cam.ac.uk
Professor Laura Moretti
Professor of Early Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
lm571@cam.ac.uk
Dr Vinoth Murali
Research Associate in Sanskrit Studies
vm443@cam.ac.uk
Dr John Nilsson-Wright
University Associate Professor in Modern Japanese Politics and International Relations
jhs22@cam.ac.uk
Dr Paul Noorlander Photo of Dr Paul Noorlander
Research Associate in Hebrew & Aramaic Studies
pmn32@cam.ac.uk
Dr Vladimir Olivero
Research Associate in Hebrew Linguistics and Philology
vo228@cam.ac.uk
Dr Charis Olszok
University Associate Professor in Modern Arabic Literature and Culture
co383@cam.ac.uk
Ergin Opengin Man sitting in front of bookshelf
Research Associate in Iranian Linguistics
eo397@cam.ac.uk
Professor Yaron Peleg
Kennedy Leigh Professor of Modern Hebrew Studies
yp240@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nick Posegay
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
nrp40@cam.ac.uk
Dr Avital Rom Avital Rom, Dr Avital Rom
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Chinese Studies, Gulbenkian Junior Research Fellow, Churchill College
ahr33@cam.ac.uk
Dr Henning Ambjörn Sjörs
Research Associate in Hebrew Studies
as2638@cam.ac.uk
Dr Brigitte Steger ブリギッテ・シテーガ
University Associate Professor in Modern Japanese Studies
bs382@cam.ac.uk
Professor Roel Sterckx FBA
Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science and Civilization
rs10009@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alimujiang Tusun Alim Tusun
British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College
at648@cam.ac.uk
Professor Hans van de Ven FBA
Professor of Modern Chinese History
jjv10@cam.ac.uk
Professor Christine van Ruymbeke
Ali Reza & Mohamed Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies
cv223@cam.ac.uk
Ms Hsiaoching Wang
Teaching Associate in Chinese
hw522@cam.ac.uk
Ms Emma Wu
University Associate Professor in Chinese
elw39@cam.ac.uk
Dr Victoria Young
Kawashima University Associate Professor in Japanese Literature and Culture
vy202@cam.ac.uk
Dr Lucy Xia Zhao
University Associate Professor in Chinese Language & Linguistics
lz445@cam.ac.uk

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