Faculty

Karen Thornber

Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Chair, Regional Studies East Asia M.A. Program

Karen Thornber is Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and Acting Director...

Ian J. Miller

Professor of History

Professor Miller's bio can be found at https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/ian-miller Read more about Ian J. Miller

CGIS South S421

ian_miller@harvard.edu

p: (617) 384-7494

Yuko Kageyama-Hunt

Senior Preceptor in Japanese (on leave in academic year 2023-24)

Yuko Kageyama-Hunt has been teaching in the Japanese Language Program (JLP) since 2001, first as a preceptor, then since 2013 as senior preceptor. She has...

Jie Li

Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

As a scholar of literary, film, and...

Alexander Zahlten

Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Alexander Zahlten's research interests center on film and audiovisual culture in East Asia, with a focus on Japan. His work explores...

Tomiko Yoda

Takashima Professor of Japanese Humanities
Director of Graduate Studies, 2022-23

Tomiko Yoda received her B.A. in Religion from Wesleyan University, M.A. in Oriental Philosophy at Nagoya University, and her M.A. and...

David Wang

Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature

David Der-wei Wang holds a joint appointment in Comparative Literature. He is Director of CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for...

Leonard van der Kuijp

Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
Chair, Committee on Inner Asia and Altaic Studies
On Leave Spring 2024, Fall 2024

Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp is Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies and chairs the Committee on Inner Asian and...

Xiaofei Tian

Professor of Chinese Literature
On Leave AY 2023-24

After teaching at Colgate University and Cornell University, I joined the Harvard EALC faculty in 2000. My principal...

Michael Szonyi

Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History
On Leave AY 2023-24

Michael Szonyi is Professor of Chinese History and former Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. He is a social...

James Robson

James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations;
Harvard College Professor
William Fung Director of the Harvard University Asia Center; Chair, Regional Studies East Asia (RSEA), 2019-20

James Robson is Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. He has served as Director of Graduate Studies for the Regional Studies East Asia M.A...

Michael Puett

Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology
Harvard College Professor
On Leave AY 2023-24

Michael Puett is the Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History...

Melissa McCormick

Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Japanese Art and Culture
Harvard College Professor
On leave 2023-24

Melissa McCormick earned a dual B.A. in art history and Japanese language and literature from the University of Michigan (1990), her Ph.D. in Japanese Art...

Jennifer Li-Chia Liu

Professor of the Practice of Language Pedagogy
Director of the Chinese Language Program

Jennifer Liu came to Harvard in 2011 as the Director of the Chinese Language Program. As Director, she is responsible for recruiting, training, and...

Wai-yee Li

1879 Professor of Chinese Literature

Wai-yee Li is the 1879 Professor of Chinese Literature at...

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