# Faculty ## Faculty Information 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. Sort & Filters close ## Filters Affiliation expand\_more - Alumni (149) - Alumni Advisory Board (13) - Committee (10) - Faculty (59) - Field of study: China (76) - Field of study: Japan (40) - Field of study: Korea (10) - RSEA Students (51) - Staff (2) - Student (51) Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 59 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by Last Name A-ZLast Name Z-A sort list grid\_view ## 59 results [### Alexander Zahlten ](/people/alexander-zahlten-0) Chair, Committee on Regional Studies East Asia EALC: Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Research Interests: Film and media in Japan; media ecologies in East Asia. ![Alexander Zahlten headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/rsea/files/alexander_zahlten.jpg?itok=onsy5MKr) [### Ryuichi Abe ](/people/ryuichi-abe) On leave AY2025-26 EALC: Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions Research Interests: Buddhism and Japanese history, literature and culture. ![Ryuichi Abe headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/rsea/files/abe_1.jpg?itok=gKoUtZzU) [### William P. Alford ](/people/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. ![William Alford headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/rsea/files/alford.jpg?itok=ZgIr5x7I) [### David Atherton ](/people/david-atherton) Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Research interests: Japanese literature and culture, popular fiction and theater; literature of early modern (Edo or Tokugawa) period. ![David Atherton headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/rsea/files/atherton_headshot_1.png?itok=15Ebbqru) [### Peter K Bol ](/people/peter-k-bol) On leave Fall 2026 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 7 th to the 17 th century. ![Peter Bol headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/rsea/files/bol-12.4.14.jpg?itok=yLkcHUID) [### Chan Yong Bu ](/people/chan-yong-bu) Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Chan Yong Bu’s research focuses on the entanglements of the body, science, and technology within media culture as crucial sites for human-nonhuman relations. In particular, Chan Yong works on industrial media in South and North Korea, media spectacles in... ![Chan Yong Bu headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/rsea/files/chan_yong_bu.jpg?itok=PUjDeRvP) [### Mark Caprio ](/people/mark-caprio) Kim Koo Visiting Professor of Korean Studies, AY2025-2026 Mark E. Caprio is professor emeritus at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan. He is the author of Japanese Assimilation Policies in Colonial Korea, 1910—1945 (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2009) . Additionally, he has co-edited a number of volumes... ![Mark Caprio headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/Mark%20Caprio%20photo_1.jpg?itok=ghklrMIH) [### Edward Cunningham ](/people/edward-cunningham) [edward\_cunningham@hks.harvard.edu](mailto:edward_cunningham@hks.harvard.edu)Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School Director of Ash Center China Programs at HKS Director of the Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative at HKS Research interests: Energy markets and governance, international economics and competitiveness, the political economy of development, and China’s integration into the world, including the rise of Chinese private wealth and philanthropy. ![E. Cunningham](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/rsea/files/cunningham_0.jpg?itok=XYNjZdAD) [### Christina Davis ](/people/christina-davis) Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics Director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at Harvard University Research interests and teaching bridge international relations and comparative politics, with a focus on trade policy. Interests include the politics and foreign policy of Japan, East Asia, and the European Union as well as the study of international... ![Christina Davis headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/rsea/files/cdavis2017.jpg?itok=OQeBcD4m) [### Nara Dillon ](/people/nara-dillon) Senior Lecturer on Government Research Interests: globalization, social policy, poverty; politics of welfare, charity, and health care in China and the developing world. ![Nara Dillon headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/rsea/files/dillon.jpg?itok=_R1UuWV4) [### Grzegorz Ekiert ](/people/grzegorz-ekiert) Government: Laurance A. Tisch Professor of Government 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 societies. Current projects explore civil society development in new democracies in Central Europe and... ![Grzegorz Ekiert headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/rsea/files/ge_new_photo_2.jpg?itok=uq3OiEYY) [### Mark C. Elliot ](/people/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 ![Mark Elliott headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8766/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/rsea/files/elliott.jpg?itok=jb79BgYa) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Last page 5 ](?page=4 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")