Gülnar Eziz
geziz@fas.harvard.eduEALC: Preceptor in Uyghur and Chaghatay
Research interests: Uyghur language and linguistics. Linguistic anthropology.
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This is a listing of Faculty and Advisors within the many schools at Harvard who have a research interest and may teach in the area of East Asia. As new faculty with an interest in East Asia join Harvard this list will be updated.
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Rowan K. Flad
rflad@fas.harvard.eduDept. of Anthropology: John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology
Research interests: Chinese archaeology; emergence and persistence of complex societies in the Sichuan Basin; specialization; zoo archaeology.
Arunabh Ghosh
aghosh@fas.harvard.eduDepartment of History: Associate Professor of History
Research Interests: Modern China, with research and teaching interests that span the social, economic, and intellectual histories of twentieth century China, transnational histories of science and statecraft, and Sino-Indian history.
Andrew Gordon
agordon@fas.harvard.eduOn Leave Spring 2026
Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History
Andrew Gordon’s teaching and research focus primarily on modern Japan but he has also taught Japan’s premodern history and courses on comparative history of labor. He has written, edited, or translated numerous books, including one that won the John King...
Janet Gyatso
jgyatso@hds.harvard.eduDivinity School: Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies
Research Interests: Buddhist history, ritual, and ideas; South Asian cultural and intellectual history, with a focus on Tibetan literature and practice.
Nicholas Harkness
harkness@fas.harvard.eduDept. of Anthropology: Professor
Research Interests: Language and communication, music, and semiotics; urban anthropology; anthropology of religion; South Korea.
David Howell
dhowell@fas.harvard.eduOn leave AY2025-26
EALC: Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese History
Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Research Interests: Early modern Japanese history.
Wesley M. Jacobson
jacobsen@fas.harvard.eduEALC: Professor of the Practice of the Japanese Language
Director of the Japanese Language Program
Research Interests: Japanese language and linguistics.
Alastair Iain Johnston
johnston@fas.harvard.eduGovernment Department: Governor James Noe and Linda Noe Laine Professor of China in World Affairs
Research interests: International relations theory; East Asian international relations; Chinese foreign policy.
Thomas Kelly
thomas_kelly@fas.harvard.eduEALC: Assistant Professor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Research interests: Late imperial Chinese literature: the interplay between the literary imagination and Chinese visual and material cultures in the early modern period. Current research examines practices of inscribing everyday objects in late Ming and...
Jinah Kim
jinahkim@fas.harvard.eduDepartment of History of Art and Architecture: George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art
Research interests : South and Southeast Asian Art: text-image relationships, art and politics, female representations and patronage, issues regarding re-appropriation of sacred objects, and post-colonial discourse.
Sun Joo Kim
sjkim@fas.harvard.eduEALC: Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History
Research Interests: Korean history; social and cultural history of Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910), including regional history of the northern part of Korea, regional identity, historical memory, everyday lives of people, law and society, and art history.
