James Robson Chair EALC: James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Research Interests: History of Medieval Chinese Buddhism and Daoism; issues of sacred geography, local religious history, talismans,... Read more about James Robson2 Divinity Avenue, Room 216 jrobson@fas.harvard.edup: (617) 495-8363Office Hours: Fall 2019: TBA
Ryuichi Abe EALC: Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions Research Interests: Buddhism and Japanese history, literature and culture.2 Divinity Avenue, Room 130Brabe@fas.harvard.edup: (617) 495-4305
Latifa Al Saud Columbia University, M.A. Political Science, 2019. Pepperdine University, B.A. International Studies, Political Studies, 2016. Japan: International relations, Japanese foreign and security policy, Japan-Middle East relations, Japanese politics, East Asia-Middle East relations.lalsaud@g.harvard.edu
William P. Alford Law School: Director, East Asian Legal StudiesHenry L. Stimson Professor of Law Research interests: Chinese law and legal history; legal aspects of international trade and technology transfer. Austin Hall, Room 309alford@law.harvard.edup: (617) 495-4693
David Atherton Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and CivilizationsOn Leave 2019-2020Research interests: Japanese literature and culture, popular fiction and theater; literature of early modern (Edo or Tokugawa) period.Website: David Atherton EALC Faculty 2 Divinity Avenue, room 229datherton@fas.harvard.edup: (617) 495-8374
Hannah Baek New York University, B.A. Individualized Study, 2017 Korea: Visual and political culture of North Korea; representation of North Korea in local and foreign media; postcolonial, film, and affect theories.hbaek@g.harvard.edu
Anthony Barbieri-Low RSEA Alum (AM 1997)Professor of Early Chinese HistoryUniversity of California, Santa Barbara Since graduating from RSEA in 1997, where I wrote a thesis under Michael Puett on “Wheeled Vehicles in the Chinese Bronze... Read more about Anthony Barbieri-Low
Theodore C. Bestor Dept of Anthropology: Professor of Social AnthropologyOn Leave 2019-2020 Research interests: markets, globalization, and urban studies; economic institutions and exchange; food systems and... Read more about Theodore C. BestorTozzer Anthropology Building 314 21 Divinity Ave. bestor@fas.harvard.edup: (617) 496-4454
Peter K Bol EALC: Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Research Interests: the history of China’s cultural elites at the national and local levels from the 7th to the 17th... Read more about Peter K Bol2 Divinity Ave. #221 pkbol@fas.harvard.edup: (617) 495-8361
Mary C. Brinton Dept of Sociology: Reischauer Institute Professor of SociologyDirector, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Research interests: gender stratification, labor market organization, education, economic sociology, and Japanese society. William James Hall, Room 580brinton@wjh.harvard.edup: (617) 495-5821
Paul Y. Chang Dept. of Sociology: Associate Professor of SociologyOn leave 2019-20 Research Interests: South Korean social and political change. Social movements, family, Korean studies. 608 William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138paulchang@fas.harvard.edup: (617)-495-8769
Esse Yao Chen Tsinghua University, B.A. English, 2018. China/Japan: Economic Sociology; Aging Societies; Political Economy; Social Networks; Modern Social and Visual History.cheny@g.harvard.edu
Jizhou (Jannis) Chen National University Singapore, B.A., Chinese Studies, 2015 China: Modern and contemporary Sino-German literature and cultural exchange; Chinese diaspora literature in German-speaking... Read more about Jizhou (Jannis) Chenjannischen@g.harvard.edu
Xu Gabby Chen Dartmouth College, B.A., East Asian Studies, 2014 Contemporary Japan & China: Consumption, material culture, fashion, gender, beauty and identity. chen40@g.harvard.edu
Cheng Cheng Peking University, B.A. Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 2018. China/Regional: contemporary state-society relationship, minority ethnic identity, legitimacy. ... Read more about Cheng Chengcheng_cheng@g.harvard.edu
