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Professor Vedi Hadiz Director, Asia Institute +61383444329

Asian Studies

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Associate Professor Michael Ewing Associate Professor In Indonesian Studies; Asian Studies Convenor +61383447557
Professor Pookong Kee Professor Of Asian Studies
Dr Lewis Mayo Lecturer in Asian Studies +61383448907
Ms Melissa Conley Tyler Research Fellow
Professor Andrew Rosser Deputy Director, Asia Institute; Professor of Southeast Asian Studies +61390355629
Dr Ken Setiawan Lecturer In Indonesian Studies and Asian Studies +61383440237

Asian Studies honorary staff

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Dr Surjeet Dhanji Fellow
Professor Anthony Milner Professorial Fellow
Associate Professor Maila Stivens Principal Fellow
Professor undefined undefined Professorial Fellow

Arabic Studies

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Dr Abdul-Samad Abdullah Senior Lecturer In Arabic Studies; Arabic Studies Convenor +61383445672
Dr Christina Mayer Senior Lecturer In Arabic Studies +61390354223

Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies

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Professor Mark Wang Director, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies +61383440807
Dr Sarah Rogers Senior Lecturer In Contemporary Chinese Studies (on leave in 2021) +61383442010
Dr Anthony Spires Deputy Director, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies; Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Chinese Studies +61383443874
Dr Monica Tan Research Fellow +61383441469
Dr Lei Yu Research Fellow +61383440497

Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies honorary staff

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Dr Xiao Han Postdoctoral Fellow +61390354936
Ms Qiuping Pan Fellow

Chinese Studies

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Dr Shaoming Zhou Senior Lecturer Chinese Studies; Chinese Studies Convenor +61383444945
Dr Li Du Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies +61383445393
Professor Jia Gao Professor in Chinese Studies +61383448894
Associate Professor Ester Leung Associate Professor Of Translation Studies; Master of Translation Convenor; Chinese Studies +61383444893
Associate Professor Delia Lin Senior Lecturer Chinese Studies +61383443387
Professor Yongxian Luo Professor in Chinese Studies +61383444282
Dr Lewis Mayo Lecturer in Asian Studies +61383448907
Dr Sarah Rogers Senior Lecturer In Contemporary Chinese Studies (on leave in 2021) +61383442010
Dr Craig A Smith Lecturer In Translation Studies (Chinese) +61383444630
Dr Anthony Spires Deputy Director, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies; Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Chinese Studies +61383443874
Dr Sow Keat Tok Lecturer In Chinese Studies +61390358333
Ms Ruonan Zeng Principal Tutor in Chinese Studies +61383449770

Tutor in Chinese Studies (Teaching Periodic)

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Dr Yi Jin Tutor in Chinese Studies (Teaching Periodic)

Chinese Studies honorary staff

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Professor Anne McLaren Fellow +61383445149
Professor Christine Wong Professorial Fellow +61390355925

Gender Studies

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Dr Ana Dragojlovic Head of program; Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies
Dr Kalissa Alexeyeff Senior Lecturer In Gender Studies
Dr Joshua Pocius Lecturer In Gender Studies +61383441588

Gender Studies affiliated staff

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Associate Professor Lan Anh Hoang Associate Professor in Development Studies +61383444610
Associate Professor Karen Jones Associate Professor in Philosophy
Associate Professor Claire Maree Associate Professor In Japanese; Japanese Studies Convenor +61390354108
Associate Professor Fran Martin Associate Professor in Cultural Studies +61383445486
Dr Hannah McCann Research Fellow (Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award) +61383440630
Dr Una McIlvenna Hansen Senior Lectureship in History; History Honours Coordinator +61383444774
Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
Professor Alfredo Martinez-Exposito Professor In Spanish +61390354742
Dr Benjamin Hegarty Mckenzie Postdoctoral Fellow +61390354061
Associate Professor Birgit Lang Associate Professor In German +61383447667
Dr Chloe Diskin-Holdaway Senior Lecturer In Applied Linguistics +61383443676
Professor Natalya Lusty ARC Future Fellow
Professor Peter Otto Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor +61383445482
Professor Tamara Kohn Professor of Anthropology +61383446676

Indonesian Studies

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Dr Edwin Jurriens Senior Lecturer In Indonesian Studies; Indonesian Studies Convenor +61390357594
Associate Professor Michael Ewing Associate Professor In Indonesian Studies; Asian Studies Convenor +61383447557
Dr Dave McRae Senior Lecturer in Indonesian Studies +61383443161
Dr Ken Setiawan Lecturer In Indonesian Studies and Asian Studies +61383440237
Dr Justin Wejak Senior Tutor in Indonesian Studies +61383447184

Indonesian Studies honorary staff

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Associate Professor Sander Adelaar Principal Fellow
Dr Richard Chauvel Fellow +61383440158
Dr David Hanan Fellow
Professor Richard Robison Professorial Fellow
Professor Thomas Reuter Professorial Fellow +61390354281

Islamic Studies

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Abdullah Saeed Director, National Centre for Contemporary Islamic Studies; Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies; Convenor of Islamic Studies +61383446861
Dr Muhammad Kamal Senior Lecturer In Islamic Studies +61383448197
Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert Lecturer In Islamic Studies
Associate Professor Matthew Nelson Associate Professor in Islam and Politics in South Asia

Islamic Studies honorary staff

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Professor Riaz Hassan Senior Fellow
Dr Shakira Hussein Fellow
Dr Hussain Mohi-Ud-Din Qadri Fellow

Japanese Studies

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Associate Professor Claire Maree Associate Professor in Japanese Studies; Deputy Associate Dean (Research Grants) +61390354108
Dr Jon Glade Lecturer In Japanese Studies
Ms Masako Nagayama Principal Tutor In Japanese Studies
Associate Professor Ikuko Nakane Associate Professor In Japanese Studies +61383448893
Professor Akihiro Ogawa Professor In Japanese Studies +61383447037
Dr Jun Ohashi Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies; Japanese Studies Convenor +61383444263
Associate Professor Nana Oishi Associate Professor In Japanese Studies +61390354844
Dr Yasuhisa Watanabe Senior Lecturer In Japanese Studies +61390355552

Tutor in Japanese Studies (Teaching Periodic)

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Ms Chie Hama Tutor in Japanese Studies (Teaching Periodic)
Ms Tamami Mori Tutor in Japanese Studies (Teaching Periodic)
Dr Masae Takeuchi Tutor in Japanese Studies (Teaching Periodic)
Ms Hiroko Woods Tutor in Japanese Studies (Teaching Periodic)

Japanese Studies honorary staff

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Dr Mayuko Itoh Fellow +61383443102

Korean Studies

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Dr Jay Song Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies; Korean Studies Convenor +61390358852
Dr Ryan Gustafsson Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Sunyoung Oh Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies +61383441511

Korean Studies honorary staff

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National Centre for Contemporary Islamic Studies

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Abdullah Saeed Director, National Centre for Contemporary Islamic Studies; Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies; Convenor of Islamic Studies +61383446861

Translation Studies

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Associate Professor Delia Lin Senior Lecturer Chinese Studies +61383443387
Associate Professor Ester Leung Associate Professor Of Translation Studies; Master of Translation Convenor; Chinese Studies +61383444893
Dr Craig A Smith Lecturer In Translation Studies (Chinese) +61383444630

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Robyn Borg Team Leader, Academic Programs (AI) +61383440155
Anna Cordner Administration Officer (Events); Executive Assistant to Professor Vedi Hadiz +61383441136
Cathy Harper Editor, Melbourne Asia Review
Lu Lin Administrative Support Officer, Global Japan office
Leena Sookramanien Teaching and Research Officer (AI) +61390353674