Get to know the team in Asian Studies. Many of us work on a hybrid basis - a mixture of on-campus and digitally.Our working hours are Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm (UK time).Please email us in the first instance, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.Undergraduate enquiries Email us about undergraduate study in Asian Studies Postgraduate enquiries Email us about taught postgraduate programmes in Asian Studies Email us about postgraduate research in Asian Studies Head of Asian StudiesNameRoleDaniel HammondSenior Lecturer in Chinese Politics and SocietyAcademic staffNameRoleQiguo CenTeaching Fellow in ChineseSakie Chiba-MooneyTeaching Fellow in JapaneseJoachim GentzChair of Chinese Philosophy and ReligionNatascha GentzChair of Chinese StudiesDaniel HammondSenior Lecturer in Chinese Politics and SocietyXuelei HuangSenior Lecturer in Chinese StudiesHephzibah IsraelSenior Lecturer in Translation StudiesYoungmi KimSenior Lecturer in Korean StudiesYuqing LiuLecturer in Chinese StudiesDuo LuanLecturer in Chinese Studies, Head of Chinese LanguageAbigail MacBainLecturer in Premodern Japanese StudiesYoko Matsumoto-Sturt / 松本スタート洋子Lecturer in JapaneseMark McLeisterLecturer in Chinese StudiesProfessor Aaron William MooreHanda Chair of Japanese-Chinese RelationsAtsuko MoriyamaTeaching Assistant in JapaneseFumiko Narumi-Munro (FHEA)Lecturer in JapaneseSoyeon ParkTeaching Assistant in KoreanHelen ParkerLecturer in JapaneseChris PerkinsSenior Lecturer in JapaneseMihoko PooleyLanguage AssistantChristopher RosenmeierSenior lecturer in ChineseHiromi Sasamoto-CollinsLanguage Assistant in JapaneseAkihiko ShimizuTeaching Fellow in JapaneseHolly StephensLecturer in Japanese and Korean StudiesEsther TyldesleyTeaching Fellow in Chinese and TranslationFerran de VargasUKRI Marie Curie Postdoctoral FellowRobert Winstanley-ChestersTeaching and Research Fellow in Korean StudiesLisha XuTeaching Fellow in Chinese and Translation StudiesMin YueTeaching Fellow in ChineseRui ZhangLanguage Assistant in ChineseXiaonan ZhuangTeaching Fellow in ChineseTutorsRyan ChoiTutorFeng GuoTutorCharlotte HammondTutorChuwei HeTutorKatherine HellerTutor in JapaneseCaitlin KowalskiTutorNick MillerTutorMari MurrayTutorNarae ParkTutor in Korean StudiesBeth PriceTutorTianyi ShengTutorArden TaylorTutorSarah VickeryTutorYiling WangTutorJorinde Wels TutorBrian WongTutorDi ZhangTutorHonorary Fellows and Professors Emeriti Ian AstleyHonorary FellowIan.Astley@ed.ac.ukIan GowHonorary FellowIan.Gow@ed.ac.ukJulian WardHonorary FellowJulian.Ward@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2024-08-13