Ryuichi Abe

Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions
Director of Undergraduate Studies
On leave 2020-21

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

David Atherton

Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
On Leave 2019-20

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

Together with William Kirby, Bol teaches ChinaX (SW12x), a Harvard course that has a global enrollment of over 45,000. His research is centered...

Jing Cai

Language Instructor in Chinese

5 Bryant Street #209

jing_cai@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-8650

Xiaocheng Chen

Language Instructor in Chinese

5 Bryant #104

xiaocheng_chen@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-8650

Edwin Cranston

Professor of Japanese Literature, Emeritus

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

Carter Eckert

Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History
On leave 2020-21

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

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...

Gülnar Eziz

Preceptor in Uyghur and Chaghatay

Dr. Eziz earned her Ph.D. in Linguistic Anthropology at The University of Kansas and served there as a Research and Teaching Assistant in Uyghur and Chaghatay... Read more about Gülnar Eziz

9 Kirkland Pl #208
Cambridge, MA 02138

geziz@fas.harvard.edu

MWF 3:00pm-4:15pm

Yating Fan

Preceptor in Chinese

Yating Fan is currently Preceptor in Chinese at the department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at...

Chao Fu

Language Instructor in Chinese

5 Bryant #301

chao_fu@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-8765

Andrew Gordon

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...

Tomoko Graham

Preceptor in Japanese

5 Bryant #208a

tomoko_graham@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-7947

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...

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Ryuichi Abe

David Atherton

Peter K. Bol

Jing Cai

Xiaocheng Chen

Edwin Cranston

Carter Eckert

Mark C. Elliott

Gülnar Eziz

Yating Fan

Chao Fu

Andrew Gordon

Tomoko Graham

Janet Gyatso

Helen Hardacre

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