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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

 
College Director of Studies Language Area Research Interests Further Information College Profile
Christ's Prof. Amira Bennison Arabic   Professor in the History and Culture of the Maghrib Prof. Amira Bennison (Magdalene)
Churchill Dr Lucy Zhao Chinese   Assistant Professor in Chinese Language & Linguistics Dr Lucy Zhao (Newnham)
Clare Prof. Roel Sterckx Chinese   Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science & Civilization Prof. Roel Sterckx (Clare)
Corpus Christi
EAS students
Prof. Barak Kusher Japanese   Professor of East Asian History Prof. Barak Kusher (Corpus Christi)
Corpus Christi
MES Students
Dr Firuza Melville Persian   External. Director of Research, Pembroke Shahnama Centre Dr Firuza Melville (Pembroke)
Downing Dr Nanase Shirota Japanese   External. Bye-Fellow in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Downing College Dr Nanase Shirota (Downing)
Emmanuel Prof. Laura Moretti Japanese Japanese literature. Japanese visual culture. Professor of Early Modern Japanese Literature and Culture Dr Laura Moretti (Emmanuel)
Fitzwilliam Dr Mahbod Ghaffari Persian   Associate in Persian Language and Culture  
Girton Dr Aaron Hornkohl Hebrew   Language Teaching Officer in Hebrew Dr Aaron Hornkohl (Girton)
Gonville & Caius Prof. Roel Sterckx Chinese   Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science & Civilization Prof. Roel Sterckx (Clare)
Homerton Dr Aaron Hornkohl Hebrew   Language Teaching Officer in Hebrew Dr Aaron Hornkohl (Girton)
Hughes Hall Dr Roman Vater     External  
Jesus Prof. Yaron Peleg Hebrew   Kennedy Leigh Professor of Modern Hebrew Studies Prof. Yaron Peleg (Jesus)
King's Dr Mezna Qato     External.Margaret Anstee Centre Research Fellow, Newnham College Dr Mezna Qato (Newnham)
Lucy Cavendish Dr Xin Fan Chinese   Teaching Associate in Modern Chinese History Dr Xin Fan (Lucy Cavendish)
Magdalene Prof. Amira Bennison Arabic   Professor in the History and Culture of the Maghrib Prof. Amira Bennison (Magdalene)
Murray Edwards Farida El Keiy Arabic   Language Teaching Officer in Arabic Farida El Keiy (Murray Edwards)
Newnham Dr Charis Olszok Arabic Modern Arabic literature; ecocritical and animal studies; comparative literature Associate Professor in Modern Arabic Literature & Culture Dr Charis Olszok (Newnham)
Pembroke Dr Assef Ashraf Persian Iranian history; political culture; imperial formation; Persian historiography Assistant Professor in the Eastern Islamic Lands & Persian Speaking World Dr Assef Ashraf (Pembroke)
Peterhouse (EAS students) Dr Hajni Elias Chinese Chinese Art History and Early Chinese Cultural History Affiliated Lecturer and Leverhulme Early Career Fellow  (Clare Hall)
Peterhouse (MES students) Dr Firuza Melville Persian   External. Director of Research, Pembroke Shahnama Centre Dr Firuza Melville (Pembroke)
Queens' Prof. Andrew Marsham Arabic Late antiquity; early Islamic empire; Arabic historiography; comparative history; political culture Professor of Classical Arabic Studies Prof. Andrew Marsham (Queens')
Robinson Dr Xin Fan Chinese   Teaching Associate in Modern Chinese History Dr Xin Fan (Lucy Cavendish)
St Catherine's (Michaelmas & Lent) * Dr Liana Chua   Borneo, Malaysia, Maritime Southeast Asia External. Tunku Abdul Rahman Assistant Professor of Malay World Studies, Department of Social Anthropology Dr Liana Chua (St Catherine's)
St Catherine's (Easter) Prof. Hans van de Ven Chinese   Professor of Modern Chinese History Prof. Hans van de Ven (St Catherine's)
St Edmund's Prof. Yaron Peleg Hebrew   Kennedy Leigh Professor of Modern Hebrew Studies Prof. Yaron Peleg (Jesus)
St John's Prof. Adam Yuet Chau Chinese   Professor of the Anthrologoly of China Prof. Adam Yuet Chau (St John's)
Selwyn (Michaelmas) Dr Victoria Young Japanese   Kawashima Assistant Professor in Japanese Literature & Culture Dr Victoria Young (Selwyn)
Selwyn * (Lent and Easter) Prof Laura Moretti Japanese Japanese literature. Japanese visual culture. Professor of Early Modern Japanese Literature and Culture Dr Laura Moretti (Emmanuel)
Sidney Sussex Dr Noga Ganany Chinese   Assistant Professor in the Study of Late Imperial China Dr Noga Gananay (Sidney Sussex)
Trinity Prof. Mickey Adolphson Japanese   Keideren Professor of Japanese Studies Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (Trinity)
Trinity Hall  Dr Heather Inwood Chinese   University Associate Professor in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Dr Heather Inwood (Trinity Hall)
Wolfson Dr Nuri Kim Korean   University Assistant Professor in Korean Studies Dr Nuri Kim (Wolfson)


* During the leave of the usual DoS