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James Robson

James Robson

Chair, Committee on Regional Studies East Asia
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,...

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2 Divinity Avenue, Room 216


jrobson@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-8363
Office Hours: By appointment; please email.
Ryuichi Abe

Ryuichi Abe

EALC: Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions

On Leave 2020-21

Research Interests:  Buddhism and Japanese history, literature and culture.

2 Divinity Avenue, Room 130B
rabe@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-4305
William P. Alford

William P. Alford

Law School: Director, East Asian Legal Studies
Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law

Research interests: Chinese law and legal history; legal aspects of international trade and technology transfer.

Austin Hall, Room 309
alford@law.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-4693
Peter K Bol

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...

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2 Divinity Ave. #221
pkbol@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-8361
Mary C. Brinton

Mary C. Brinton

Dept of Sociology: Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology
Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Research interests: gender stratification, labor market organization, education, economic sociology, and Japanese society.

William James Hall, Room 580
brinton@wjh.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-5821
Paul Y. Chang

Paul Y. Chang

Dept. of Sociology: Associate Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: South Korean social and political change. Social movements, family, Korean studies.

608 William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
paulchang@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617)-495-8769
Edwin Cranston

Edwin Cranston

Emeritus
EALC: Professor of Japanese Literature

Research Interests: Japanese literature and poetry. China Biographical Database Project

2 Divinity Ave. #232
cranston@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-8362
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Christina Davis

Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute
Professor of Government

On Leave 2020-21

Research interests and teaching bridge international relations and comparative politics, with a focus on...

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1737 Cambridge Street, CGIS Knafel Building 216
cldavis@harvard.edu
p: 617 495-4446
Nara Dillon

Nara Dillon

Senior Lecturer on Government

Research Interests: globalization, social policy, povery; politics of welfare, charity, and health care in China and the developing world.

2 Divinity Ave. #230
ndillon@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-8366
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Dr. Grzegorz Ekiert

Government: Laurance A. Tisch Professor of Government Comparative
Director of Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Senior Scholar at Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
Research interests focus on comparative politics, regime change and democratization, civil society and social movements and East European politics and... Read more about Grzegorz Ekiert
Prof. Ekiert's website
Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street 401
ekiert@fas.harvard.edu
p: 617 495-4303 ext. 213
Mark C. Elliot

Mark C. Elliot

EALC: Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History
Vice Provost for International Affairs

Research interests: Social, political and institutional history of China and Inner Asia

2 Divinity Ave. #134A
elliott3@fas.harvard.edu