Oriental Studies Staff and Faculty Members
Welcome to our faculty staff page. Click on a subject area link below to find details of faculty members and staff for your subject area of choice. There is a alphabetical listing of staff without the subject area groupings here.
For administrative staff contact information check the Administrative Staff page.
Islamic World Hebrew & Jewish Studies Eastern Christianity Egyptology & Ancient Near Eastern Studies South & Inner Asia East Asia
Islamic World
Dr Firuza Abdullaeva - University Lecturer in Persian LiteratureDr Anna Akasoy - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr A.S. Al-Shahi - Research Fellow
Professor James W. Allan - Emeritus Fellow of St Cross College
Dr Walter Armbrust - University Lecturer
Dr Ruth Barnes - Textile Curator
Dr Teresa Bernheimer - Sawyer Post-Doctoral Fellow 2006-2008
Dr Raffaella A. Del Sarto - Fellow in Israel Studies
Dr Paul K. Dresch - University Lecturer
Dr Teresa Fitzherbert - Curator, Dept. of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum
Dr John Gurney - Retired
Dr Otared Haidar - University Instructor in Arabic
Dr Marlé Hammond - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Mahmoud Hawari - Salahuddin Y.H. Abduljawad Fellow
Professor Edmund Herzig - Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies
Professor Clive D. Holes - Khalid bin 'Abdullah Al-Sa'ud Professor
Dr Nadia Jamil - Senior Instructor in Classical and Modern Standard Arabic
Professor Jeremy Johns - Director of the Khalili Research Centre
Mr Taj Kandoura - Instructor in Arabic
Dr Homa Katouzian - Member
Dr Celia J. Kerslake - University Lecturer in Turkish
Dr Bilal Kırkıcı - Instructor in Turkish
Mr Michael C. A. Macdonald - Research Associate
Dr Christopher Melchert - University Lecturer in Arabic and Islam
Dr Laurent Mignon - Departmental Lecturer in Turkish
Mr Ronald L. Nettler - Retired
Dr Sima Orsini - University Instructor in Classical and Modern Persian
Dr Robin C. Ostle - University Lecturer in Modern Arabic
Dr Nefeli Papoutsakis - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Judith Pfeiffer - University Lecturer in Arabic
Professor Tariq Ramadan - HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies
Dr Richard C. Repp - Retired
Mr Donald Sidney Richards - Emeritus Fellow of St Cross College
Dr Eugene L. Rogan - University lecturer in the Modern History of the Middle East
Dr Emilie Savage-Smith - Professor of the History of Islamic Science
Dr Najah Shamaa - Faculty Tutor
Dr Adam Silverstein - University Research Lecturer
Ms Senel Simsek - Instructor in Turkish
Dr Jon Thompson - Associate
Dr. Mathieu Tillier - Marie Curie Fellow
Dr W. Luke Treadwell - University Lecturer in Islamic Numismatics
Professor Geert Jan van Gelder - Laudian Professor of Arabic
Mr Thomas Welsford - Volkwagen-Stiftung Fellow, Matin-Luther University, Halle; Fifty-Pound Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford
Dr Michael Willis - King Mohamed VI Fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies
Dr Zeynep Yurekli-Gorkay - Departmental Lecturer in Islamic Art and Archaeology
Dr Fritz W. Zimmermann - University Lecturer in Islamic Philosophy
Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Click here for information about the Hebrew and Jewish Studies Unit, and a full list of Unit members
Professor Glenda Abramson - Retired
Dr David Ariel - President, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Jennifer Barbour - Kennicott Fellow in Hebrew
Dr Piet van Boxel - Hebraica and Judaica Curator
Dr Raffaella A. Del Sarto - Fellow in Israel Studies
Dr Jordan Finkin - Cowley Lecturer in Post-Biblical Hebrew
Dr Miri Freud-Kandel - Lecturer in Modern Judaism
Dr Garth H Gilmour
Dr Simon Levis Sullam - Leverhulme Research Fellow
Professor Martin D. Goodman - Professor of Jewish Studies
Dr Timothy Michael Law - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Professor Fergus Millar - Emeritus Camden Professor of Ancient History
Dr David Rechter - University Research Lecturer
Dr Alison G. Salvesen - University Research Lecturer
Dr Adam Silverstein - University Research Lecturer
Dr Norman Solomon - Retired
Dr Eliyahu Stern - Junior Research Fellow
Professor Guy G. Stroumsa - Professor of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions
Dr Joanna Weinberg - James Mew lecturer in Rabbinical Hebrew
Dr. Haike Wiegand - Lector in Yiddish
Professor Hugh G.M. Williamson - Regius Professor of Hebrew
Mr Gil Zahavi - Instructor in Modern Hebrew
Eastern Christianity
Dr Sebastian P. Brock - RetiredDr Arietta Papaconstantinou - Academic Visitor
Dr David G.K. Taylor - University Lecturer in Aramaic and Syriac
Professor Robert W. Thomson - Retired
Professor Th. M. van Lint - Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies
Egyptology & Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Dr Burkhard Backes - Departmental Lecturer in Egyptology (2008–09)
Professor John Baines - Professor of Egyptology
Dr Jennifer Cromwell - Lady Wallis Budge Junior Research Fellow in Egyptology
Dr Jacob Dahl - University Lecturer in Assyriology
Dr Stephanie M. Dalley - Faculty Member
Dr Elizabeth Frood - University Lecturer in Egyptology
Dr Linda Hulin - G.A. Wainwright Postdoctoral Fellow, Near Eastern Archaeology
Dr John Green - Project Curator for the Ancient Near East, Ashmolean Museum
Dr Rachel Mairs - Junior Research Fellow
Dr Jaromir Malek - Editor of the Topographical Bibliography & Keeper of the Archive, Griffith Institute
Dr Frances Reynolds - Shillito Fellow in Assyriology
Dr Joanne Rowland - Research Fellow in Egyptology/Archaeological Science
Dr Robert Simpson - Faculty Tutor, Ancient Egyptian and Coptic
Professor Mark J. Smith - Professor of Egyptology
Dr Elizabeth Tucker - Jill Hart Research Fellow in Indo-Iranian Philology
Dr Alexandra Verbovsek - Barns Fellow in Egyptology, Queen's College
Dr Mark Weeden - Faculty Member
Dr Helen Whitehouse - Senior Assistant Keeper, curator of the Egyptian collections, Ashmolean Museum
South & Inner Asia
Dr Nick J. Allen - Retired
Dr Imre Bangha - University Lecturer in Hindi
Dr James Benson - University Lecturer in Sanskrit
Dr Shailendra Bhandare - Assistant Keeper
Dr Cathy Cantwell - Research Officer
Dr Peter Carey - Laithwaite Fellow and Tutor in Modern History
Dr. Brandon Dotson - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Professor David Gellner - Professor of Social Anthropology
Professor Richard F. Gombrich - Retired
Mr Tsering Gonkatsang - Instructor in Tibetan language
Dr Georgios T Halkias - Visiting Associate Researcher
Professor Barbara Harriss-White - University Professor of Development Studies
Ms Aparna Kapadia - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Robert Mayer - Numata Research Officer
Professor Christopher Minkowski - Boden Professor of Sanskrit
Professor Polly O'Hanlon - Professor in Indian History and Culture
Fernanda Pirie - Director of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Dr Charles Ramble - University Lecturer in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
Professor Alexis G.J.S Sanderson - Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics
Dr Andrew S. Topsfield - Senior Assistant Keeper
Dr Elizabeth Tucker - Jill Hart Research Fellow in Indo-Iranian Philology
Professor Vesna A. Wallace - Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies
Dr David Washbrook - Reader in Modern South Asian History
East Asia
Chinese Studies
Dr Robert.L. Chard - University Lecturer in Classical ChineseProfessor Craig Clunas - Professor of the History of Art
Dr Peter Ditmanson - Departmental Lecturer in Chinese History
Professor Glen Dudbridge - Retired
Ms Jing Fang - Instructor in Chinese
Dr Karl Gerth - University Lecturer in Modern Chinese History
Dr Margaret Hillenbrand - University Lecturer in Modern Chinese
Dr Elisabeth Hsu - Reader in Social Anthropology
Ms Bo Hu - Instructor in Chinese
Mr Shio-yun Kan - Instructor in Chinese
Dr TaoTao Liu - Retired
Dr Dirk Meyer - BICC Career Development Lecturer in Chinese Philosophy
Professor Rana Mitter - Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China
Dr Rachel Murphy - University Lecturer in the Sociology of China
Dr Laura Newby - University Lecturer in Chinese
Dr Hongping Annie Nie - Instructor & Tutor, Institute for Chinese Studies
Dr Frank Pieke - Director, Institute for Chinese Studies
Professor Jessica Rawson - Warden of Merton College
Dr Biljana Scott - Faculty Lecturer in Chinese Linguistics
Professor Vivienne Shue - Leverhulme Professor
Ms Yang Song - Shaw Instructor in Chinese
Ms Shelagh Vainker - Curator of Chinese Art
Dr Eileen Rose Walsh - Departmental Lecturer in Anthropology of China
Dr Hilde De Weerdt - Dr. Stanley Ho University Lecturer in Chinese History
Dr Christine Wong - Senior Research Fellow in Contemporary Chinese Studies
Japanese Studies
Dr Jenny Corbett - Reader in Economy of JapanDr Linda M. Flores - University Lecturer in Japanese Literature
Professor Bjarke Frellesvig - Professor of Japanese Linguistics
Professor Roger Goodman - Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies
Ms Junko Hagiwara - Instructor in Japanese
Ms Keiko Harada - Faculty Tutor
Dr Phillip T. Harries - University Lecturer in Japanese
Ms Hiroe Kaji - Japanese Language Instructor
Dr James McMullen - Departmental Lecturer in Japanese
Dr Ian Neary - University Lecturer in Japanese Politics
Ms Kaori Nishizawa - Instructor in Japanese
Dr Clare Pollard - Curator of Japanese Art
Dr Mark E. Rebick - University Lecturer in the Economy of Japan
Dr Kerri Russell - Post-doctoral Researcher
Mrs Izumi K. Tytler - Bodleian Japanese Librarian
Dr M. Antoni. J. Üçerler, S.J. - Research Scholar and Lecturer
Dr Stephen Wright Horn - Post-doctoral Researcher
Korean Studies
Mr Younghae Chi - Instructor in KoreanDr Jieun Kiaer - University Lecturer in Korean Language and Linguistics
Dr James Lewis - University Lecturer in Korean History
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