Wilt L. Idema obtained his BA and MA from Leiden University (The Netherlands). Following continued study and research in Japan and Hong Kong, he returned...
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...
James Bryant Conant University Professor, Emeritus
Stephen Owen is a sinologist specializing in premodern literature, lyric poetry, and comparative poetics. Much of his work has focused on the middle...
Interim Chair, 2021-22 Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History On leave 2022-23
Shigehisa Kuriyama received his A.B. degree from Harvard's Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in 1977 and an A.M. degree in 1978. After...
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