People

Professor Aaron Koller

• Regius Professor of Hebrew

Professor Barak Kushner

• Professor of East Asian History

Professor Andrew Marsham

• Professor of Classical Arabic Studies

Dr Elizabeth Monier

• Assistant Professor of Modern Arabic Studies

Professor Laura Moretti

• Professor of Early Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
• Head of Department and Co-Chair of the Faculty

Dr Charis Olszok

• Associate Professor in Modern Arabic Literature and Culture

Professor Yaron Peleg

• Kennedy-Leigh Professor of Modern Hebrew Studies

Professor Tina Phillips

• His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Professor of Modern Arabic Studies

Dr Mehdy Shaddel, FRAS, FRNS

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies, 2025-2028

Professor Roel Sterckx FBA

• Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science, and Civilization

Dr Alimujiang Tusun

• British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow

Professor Christine VAN RUYMBEKE

• Ali Reza and Mohamed Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies

Dr Victoria Young

• Kawashima Associate Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture