Ryuichi Abe

Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-3:30 pm

After completing an undergraduate degree in Economics at Keio University, Ryūichi Abé acquired a master’s degree from School of Advanced International...

Sunyoung Ahn

Drill Instructor in Korean

Fall 2017 Office Hours: Friday 12-1

5 Bryant Street #304

sunyoungahn@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-8764

David Atherton

Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00 pm

David Atherton specializes in the study of Japanese literature and culture of the early modern (Edo or...

Peter K. Bol

Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
On leave 2018-19

As Vice Provost, Peter K. Bol is responsible for HarvardX, the Harvard Initiative in Learning and Teaching, and research on the science of...

Edwin Cranston

Professor of Japanese Literature
On leave 2017-18

Edwin Cranston began graduate study at the University of California at Berkeley, then transferred to Stanford University, where he earned a Ph.D. in...

Nara Dillon

Lecturer on East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Lecturer on Government
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Thursday 2-4

Nara Dillon’s research interests include globalization and the politics of welfare, charity, and inequality in China....

Carter Eckert

Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Tuesday 10-Noon
Korea Institute Director, 2018-19

Carter J. Eckert was born in Chicago and trained in European ancient and medieval history at Lawrence College in Wisconsin, and also at Harvard. He...

Mark C. Elliott

Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History
Vice Provost for International Affairs
On leave Spring 2019

Mark Elliott has been at Harvard since 2003, having earned his B.A. and M.A. at Yale and his Ph.D. at University of California at...

Yating Fan

Interim Preceptor in Chinese

5 Bryant Street #204

yatingfan@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-8650

Office Hours: Monday 12:00-1:00 and Friday 10:00-11:00

Chao Fu

Drill Instructor in Chinese

5 Bryant #301

chao_fu@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-8765

Office Hours: Tuesday 4:00-5:00 and Thursday 12:00-1:00

Shiqing Gong

Drill Instructor in Chinese

5 Bryant Street #303

shiqinggong@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-8424

Andrew Gordon

Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History
Spring 2018 Office Hours: Wednesday 2-5 and by appointment, email agordon@fas.harvard.edu with copy to Jennie Kim (jiyounkim@fas.harvard.edu).

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...

Janet Gyatso

Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Harvard Divinity School

Janet Gyatso is a specialist in Buddhist studies, concentrating on Tibetan and South Asian cultural and intellectual history. She published Women...

Helen Hardacre

Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society
On leave 2018-19

Professor Helen Hardacre began the study of Japanese religions as an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University, and she earned her doctorate from the...

Takuro Hashimoto

Preceptor in Japanese

5 Bryant #302

hashimoto@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617 496-1469

Office Hours: Monday and Friday 3:00-4:30

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