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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
Dr Suraya Afiff Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies; Faculty of Arts Asia Scholar
Associate Professor Adam Fforde Associate Professor in South East Asian Studies
Professor Pookong Kee Professor Of Asian Studies +61390355580
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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Professor Anthony Milner Professorial Fellow
Associate Professor Maila Stivens Principal Fellow
Professor David Walker 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 Xiao Han Postdoctoral Fellow +61390354936
Dr Sarah Rogers Lecturer In Contemporary Chinese Studies +61383442010
Dr Anthony Spires Deputy Director, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies; Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Chinese Studies +61383443874
Dr Monica Tan ARC Research Fellow
Dr Lei Yu Research Fellow +61383440497

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
Dr Delia Lin Senior Lecturer Chinese Studies +61383443387
Associate Professor Yongxian Luo Associate Professor in Chinese Studies +61383444282
Dr Lewis Mayo Lecturer in Asian Studies +61383448907
Dr Sarah Rogers Lecturer In Contemporary Chinese Studies +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

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 Gender Studies Coordinator; Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies
Dr Kalissa Alexeyeff Senior Lecturer In Gender Studies +61390359970
Dr Joshua Pocius Lecturer In Gender Studies +61383441588

Gender Studies affiliated staff

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Dr Lan Anh Hoang Senior Lecturer in Development Studies +61383444610
Associate Professor Karen Jones Associate Professor in Philosophy +61383440268
Associate Professor Claire Maree Associate Professor In Japanese; Japanese Studies Convenor +61390354108
Associate Professor Fran Martin ARC Future Fellow +61383445486
Dr Hannah McCann Lecturer in Cultural Studies +61383440630
Dr Una McIlvenna Hansen Senior Lectureship in History; History Honours Coordinator +61383444774
Dr Lauren Rosewarne Senior Lecturer in Public Policy +61383446820
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 Senior Lecturer In Applied Linguistics +61383443676
Professor Natalya Lusty ARC Future Fellow +61390354288
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 Tezcan Gumus Principal Tutor In Islamic Studies +61390353946
Dr Muhammad Kamal Senior Lecturer In Islamic Studies +61383448197
Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert Lecturer In Islamic Studies +61390355153
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; Japanese Studies Convenor +61390354108
Dr Jon Glade Lecturer In Japanese Studies +61383442707
Dr Mayuko Itoh Lecturer In Japanese Studies +61383443102
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 +61383444263
Associate Professor Nana Oishi Associate Professor In Japanese Studies +61390354844
Dr Etsuko Toyoda Senior Lecturer In Japanese Studies
Dr Yasuhisa Watanabe Lecturer In Japanese Studies +61390355552

Korean Studies

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Dr Jay Song Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies; Korean Studies Convenor +61390358852
Dr Sunyoung Oh Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies +61383441511

Korean Studies honorary staff

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Dr Ryan Gustafsson Fellow

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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Dr 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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Rachael Ballamy School Manager (on maternity leave) +61390358588
Denise Gaffy Acting School Manager +61383445143
Daniela Alavanja Administration Officer (Events); Executive Assistant to Professor Vedi Hadiz +61383447418
Robyn Borg Team Leader, Academic Programs (AI) +61383440155
Madalain Dolic Teaching and Research Officer (AI) +61383441300
Cathy Harper Editor, Melbourne Asia Review +61390353115
Lu Lin Administrative Support Officer, Global Japan office