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
Chinese Studies Japanese Studies Korean Studies
* indicates a postholder in the Faculty of Oriental Studies
Islamic World
- Dr Toufoul Abou-Hodeib - Departmental Lecturer in the Modern History of the Middle East *
- Dr Afifi al-Akiti - University Research Lecturer in Islamic Studies
- Mr Talal Al-Azem - Early Career Fellow in Arabic/Islamic History *
- Dr A.S. Al-Shahi - Research Fellow, St Antony's College
- Professor James W. Allan - Emeritus Fellow of St Cross College *
- Mr Mohammadjavad Ardalan - Instructor in Persian *
- Dr Walter Armbrust - University Lecturer *
- Dr Arezou Azad - Leverhulme Research Officer *
- Dr Ruth Barnes - Textile Curator, Department of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum
- Dr Şeyda Başlı - Visiting Academic (April 2013 to March 2014)
- Dr Stephanie Cronin - Departmental Lecturer *
- Dr Paul K. Dresch - University Lecturer
- Dr Teresa Fitzherbert - Curator, Dept of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum
- Dr John Gurney - Retired
- Dr Otared Haidar - Instructor in Arabic *
- Dr Syed Najaf Haider - Visiting Academic (April 2013 to July 2013)
- Dr Mahmoud Hawari - KRC Research Associate
- Dr Hossein Heirani-Moghaddam - Faculty Member
- Professor Edmund Herzig - Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies *
- Professor Clive D. Holes - Khalid bin 'Abdullah Al-Sa'ud Professor for the Study of the Contemporary Arab World *
- Professor Robert Hoyland - Professor of Islamic History *
- Dr Nadia Jamil - Senior Instructor in Classical and Modern Standard Arabic *
- Dr Marek Jankowiak - Newton International Fellow *
- Professor Jeremy Johns - Director of the Khalili Research Centre *
- Mr Taj Kandoura - Instructor in Arabic *
- Dr Homa Katouzian - Faculty Member
- Dr Celia J. Kerslake - Retired
- Dr Marie Legendre - Departmental Lecturer in Early Islamic History *
- Mr Michael C. A. Macdonald - Research Associate
- Dr Christopher Melchert - University Lecturer in Arabic and Islam *
- Dr Adam Mestyan - Departmental Lecturer in the Modern History of the Middle East
- Dr Alex Metcalfe - Research Associate
- Dr Laurent Mignon - University Lecturer in Turkish *
- Dr Harry Munt - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow *
- Mr Ronald L. Nettler - Faculty Tutor
- Dr Farhan Ahmad Nizami - Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
- Dr Kerem H L Öktem - Research Fellow, European Studies Centre
- Dr Zuzanna Olszewska - Junior Research Fellow in Oriental Studies
- Dr Mohamed-Salah Omri - University Lecturer in Modern Arabic Language and Literature *
- Dr Sima Orsini - University Instructor in Classical and Modern Persian *
- Dr Ivan Panović - Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Arabic Sociolinguistics *
- Dr Nefeli Papoutsakis - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow *
- Dr Abdulrazzak Patel - AHRC Early Career Fellow *
- Dr Judith Pfeiffer - University Lecturer in Arabic/Islamic History, 1000-1500 *
- Professor Tariq Ramadan - HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies *
- Dr Avi Raz - Associate Faculty Member
- 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 in Arabic
- Dr Nicolai Sinai - Shaikh Zayed University Lecturer in Islamic Studies *
- Dr Jon Thompson - Associate, subfaculty of Near and Middle Eastern Studies
- Dr Luke Treadwell - Samir Shamma Lecturer in Islamic Numismatics
- Professor Geert Jan van Gelder - Laudian Professor of Arabic *
- Professor Oliver James Watson - I.M. Pei Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture *
- Mr Thomas Welsford - Fifty-Pound Fellow, All Souls College
- Michael Willis - University Research Lecturer and King Mohamed VI Fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies
- Dr Zeynep Yurekli-Gorkay - University Lecturer in Islamic Art and Archaeology *
- Dr Fritz W. Zimmermann - Retired
Hebrew and Jewish Studies
- Professor Glenda Abramson - Retired
- Dr David Ariel - President, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
- Dr Piet van Boxel - Retired
- Dr George P. Carras - Associate Faculty Member (January to July 2013)
- Dr Joseph E. David - Sub-Faculty Associate Member (2010 to 2015)
- Dr Ari Engelberg - Associate Faculty Member (April 2013 to June 2013)
- Dr Adam S. Ferziger - Associate Faculty Member (January to June 2013)
- Dr Miri Freud-Kandel - Lecturer in Modern Judaism, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
- Dr Garth H Gilmour -
- Professor Martin D. Goodman - Professor of Jewish Studies *
- Dr Stephen L Herring - Lector in Biblical Hebrew, OCHJS
- Sir Fergus Millar - Emeritus Camden Professor of Ancient History
- Professor Derek J. Penslar - Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies
- Dr David Rechter - University Research Lecturer *
- Dr Alison G. Salvesen - University Research Lecturer *
- Dr Avraham Sasson - Visiting Academic (February 2013 to July 2013)
- Dr Norman Solomon - Retired
- Dr Katherine E. Southwood - Kennicott Fellow *
- Dr Zehavit Stern - University Research Lecturer *
- Professor Guy G. Stroumsa - Professor of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions
- Professor Sarah Stroumsa - Visiting Academic (October 2012 to July 2013)
- Dr Joshua Teplitsky - Albert and Rachel Lehmann Junior Research Fellow in Jewish History and Culture
- Dr Zoe Waxman - Associate, Sub-Faculty of Near and Middle Eastern Studies
- Dr Joanna Weinberg - James Mew Lecturer in Rabbinical Hebrew *
- Dr Haike Wiegand - Lector in Yiddish, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
- Professor Hugh G.M. Williamson - Regius Professor of Hebrew *
- Mr Gil Zahavi - Instructor in Modern Hebrew *
Eastern Christianity
- Dr Sebastian P. Brock - Retired
- Dr Arietta Papaconstantinou - Academic Visitor
- Dr David G.K. Taylor - University Lecturer in Aramaic and Syriac *
- Dr Hratch Tchilingirian - Associate Faculty Member
- Professor Robert W. Thomson - Retired
- Dr Irene Tinti - Associate of the Sub-Faculty of Near and Middle Eastern Studies (January 2013 to January 2014)
- Professor Theo M. van Lint - Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies *
Egyptology and the Ancient Near East
- Dr Christoph Bachhuber - Associate Faculty Member
- Professor John Baines - Professor of Egyptology *
- Dr Samuel Chen - Associate Faculty Member
- Dr Paul Collins - Assistant Keeper for Ancient Near East, Ashmolean Museum
- Dr Jacob L. Dahl - University Lecturer in Assyriology *
- Dr Stephanie M. Dalley - Retired
- Dr Elizabeth Frood - University Lecturer in Egyptology *
- Dr Linda Hulin - Research Assistant to the Director, Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology
- Dr Jaromir Malek - Retired
- Dr Judith McKenzie - University Research Lecturer
- Dr Chloé C.D. Ragazzoli - Lady Wallis Budge Junior Research Fellow
- Dr Vincent Razanajao - Editor of the Topographical Bibliography and Keeper of the Griffith Institute’s Archive (Postdoctoral Project Officer)
- Dr Frances Reynolds - Shillito Fellow in Assyriology *
- Dr R. Gareth Roberts - Coordinating Editor of the Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB) *
- Dr Gesa Schenke - Faculty Member
- Dr Robert Simpson - Faculty Tutor (Ancient Egyptian and Coptic) *
- Professor Mark J. Smith - Professor of Egyptology *
- Dr Alice Stevenson - Researcher in World Archaeology, Pitt Rivers Museum
- Dr Elizabeth Tucker - Jill Hart Research Fellow in Indo-Iranian Philology
- Dr Lucy V R Wadeson - G.A. Wainwright Postdoctoral Research Fellow *
- Mr Klaus Wagensonner - Research Associate in Assyriology, CSCDL Oxford *
- Dr Mark Weeden - Associate Member of Faculty in Assyriology
- Dr Helen Whitehouse - Retired
- Dr Andreas Winkler - Departmental Lecturer
- Dr Ilya S. Yakubovich - Jill Hart / Wolfson Fellow in Indo-Iranian Philology *
South and 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 (South Asian Numismatics), Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum
- Dr Cathy Cantwell - Research Officer, and Member of the Buddhist Studies Unit *
- Dr Peter Carey - Laithwaite Fellow and Tutor in Modern History
- 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
- Dr Jowita Kramer - Departmental Lecturer for Buddhist Studies *
- Dr Robert Mayer - University Research Lecturer and 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
- Professor Charles Ramble - University Research Lecturer
- Dr Ulrike Roesler - University Lecturer in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies *
- Professor Alexis G.J.S Sanderson - Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics *
- Dr Sarah Shaw - Faculty Member
- Dr Andrew S. Topsfield - Senior Assistant Keeper, Department of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum
- Dr Elizabeth Tucker - Jill Hart Research Fellow in Indo-Iranian Philology
- Professor Vesna A. Wallace - University Research Lecturer
- Dr David Washbrook - Retired
- Professor Stefano Zacchetti - Yehan Numata Professor of Budhist Studies *
Chinese Studies
- Dr Robert L. Chard - University Lecturer in Classical Chinese *
- Professor 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
- Professor Henrietta Harrison - University Lecturer in Modern Chinese Studies
- Mr David Helliwell - Curator of Chinese Collections, Bodleian Library
- 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 Peiying Lin - Associate of the Sub-Faculty of East Asian Studies
- Dr TaoTao Liu - Retired
- Dr Dirk Meyer - University 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 - Faculty Tutor
- Professor Jessica Rawson - Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology
- Dr Biljana Scott - Faculty Tutor in Chinese Linguistics
- Professor Vivienne Shue - Leverhulme Professor
- Ms Yang Song - Shaw Instructor in Chinese *
- Professor Barend J. ter Haar - Run Run Shaw Chair of Chinese *
- Ms Shelagh Vainker - Curator of Chinese Art, Ashmolean Museum *
- Dr Justin T Winslett - Departmental Lecturer in Classical Chinese *
- Dr Christine Wong - Senior Research Fellow in Contemporary Chinese Studies
Japanese Studies
- Dr Jenny Corbett - Reader in Economy of Japan
- Dr 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 in Japanese
- Dr Phillip T. Harries - Retired
- Dr Stephen Wright Horn - Departmental Lecturer in Japanese Linguistics *
- Ms Hiroe Kaji - Instructor in Japanese *
- Dr James McMullen - Retired
- Dr Ian Neary - University Lecturer in Japanese Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations
- Ms Kaori Nishizawa - Instructor in Japanese *
- Associate Professor Park Jong Seung - Visiting Academic (August 2013 to September 2013)
- Dr Gian-Piero Persiani - Departmental Lecturer 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
- Professor Reiko Yamanaka - Associate Faculty Member (April 2013 to March 2014)
Korean Studies
- Dr Young-hae Chi - Instructor in Korean *
- Dr Jieun Kiaer - Young Bin Min-KF University Lecturer in Korean Language and Linguistics *
- Dr James Lewis - University Lecturer in Korean History *