Overall responsibility for the governance of the Faculty lies with the Faculty Board. Membership of the Board for the academical year 2024-25 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
Ali Reza & Mohamed Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies
, 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 Paul Anderson
Dr Assef Ashraf
Dr Ani Avetisyan
Professor Amira K Bennison
Professor Adam Yuet Chau
Dr Noga Ganany
Dr Mahbod Ghaffari
Professor William J. Hurst
Dr Miki Kawabata
Professor Andrew Marsham
Dr Brigitte Steger ブリギッテ・シテーガ
External members
Miss Lydia Collings
Prof Kasia Boddy
Dr Olenka Z Pevny
Student members
Graduate Representative - to be elected
Undergraduate Representatives - to be elected