Senior Lecturer in the History of Contemporary Japan Dr Christopher Gerteis Modern and Contemporary Japanese history. Social and cultural history of the 20th century, especially the intersection of consumer capitalism and historical memory.
Lecturer in Japanese and Applied Linguistics (Education) Dr Seiko Harumi Classroom discourse; classroom silence; pragmatics; translanguaging; conversation analysis; learner-centred reflective approaches in second language learning and language pedagogy
Senior Lecturer in Korean Dr Anders Karlsson Korean language; literature and society; history of 19th century Korea
Reader in Contemporary Japanese Culture Dr Griseldis Kirsch Contemporary Japanese culture, with particular interest in Japanese media and popular culture, representations of 'Otherness', social phenomena and war memory.
Lecturer in Korean Literature Dr Grace Koh Korean and East Asian literary traditions (prose and fiction); literary and intellectual history; travel literature and cultural encounters; critical theory and comparative literature
Lecturer in Korean Studies Dr Owen Miller Modern Korean history and society; Korean historiography; social and economic history of 19th and 20th century Korea
Reader in Applied Japanese Linguistics Dr Barbara Pizziconi Japanese applied linguistics; language teaching methodology; second language acquisition with emphasis on pragmatic aspects; linguistic politeness
Lecturer in Japanese and Language Acquistion (Education) Dr Natsuko Shibata Perera Japanese language pedagogy and second language acquisition, especially interested in applied drama and sociocultural approach; bilingualism and translanguaging.
Lecturer in Japanese and Modern Japanese History (Education) Dr Satona Suzuki Modern Japanese history; modernity, imperialism and militarism. Social and political issues of contemporary Japan.
Co-ordinator, The Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese / Japanese Language Proficiency Test Ms Yoshiko Jones Ms Jones coordinates The Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese and Japanese Language Proficiency Test at the SOAS Japan Research Centre.
Research Associate Dr J E Hoare FCO Research Analysts (China, Japan and Korea) for 33 years. PhD from SOAS 1971 in Japanese history. Served in Seoul, Beijing and in 2001-2002, established the British Embassy in Pyongyang., Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Has taught Korean history at SOAS and currently teaches a course, “The Other Korea” on North Korea since 1945. Numerous publications, broadcasts etc.
Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies Professor Andrew Gerstle Japanese literature, drama and thought, primarily of the Tokugawa period, with particular interest in Bunraku and Kabuki theatre and the plays of Chikamatsu
Professor Stephen Dodd Modern Japanese literature, with particular interest in gender/sexuality, Modernism and translation studies
Emeritus Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics Professor Jae Hoon Yeon Korean language and linguistics, especially morpho-syntax and linguistic typology; structure and history of Korean language; Korean language teaching and translation; modern Korean literature
