Cosima Bruno
Senior Lecturer in China Studies
Contemporary Chinese poetry; translation studies; Chinese language art; Sinophone literatures
- Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4421
- Email: cb65@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 456
- Academic Support Hours: Wednesdays 2-3pm
China & Inner Asia Section, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
China and Inner Asia Section Staff
Head of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Associate Head of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Learning and Teaching Coordinator
Research Coordinator
Dr Christopher Gerteis (term 1)
Professor Drew Gerstle (terms 2-3)
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Dr Alan Cummings (BA Chinese (Modern and Classical), BA Chinese Studies, BA Chinese and ...)
Dr Marta Sernesi (BA Tibetan and ...)
Undergraduate Programme Convenor
Dr Rossella Ferrari (BA Chinese (Modern and Classical), BA Chinese Studies, BA Chinese and ...)
Dr Marta Sernesi (BA Tibetan and ...)
Postgraduate Programme Convenors
Dr Cosima Bruno (MA Chinese Studies)
Professor Bernhard Fuehrer (MA Sinology, MA Sinology (Literature Exit Award))
Dr Dafydd Fell (MA Taiwan Studies)
Postgraduate Tutor
Please note that for Masters Students the Admissions Tutor and Academic Advisor is the MA Programme Convenor.
Academic Staff
Rossella Ferrari
Reader in Chinese and Theatre Studies
- Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4047
- Email: rf24@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 399a
- Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 11am-12noon (book online, see biography)
Bernhard Fuehrer
Professor of Sinology
- Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4218
- Email: bf3@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 398
- Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 12-1pm
Nathan W. Hill
Reader in Tibetan and Historical Linguistics
Tibetan language from Old Tibetan to Modern Standard Tibetan; Tibetan historical and biographical literature; historical, descriptive and corpus linguistics, in particular with reference to Tibetan or other Tibeto-Burman/Sino-Tibetan languages; Chinese minorities; Mongolian
- Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4512
- Email: nh36@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 396
- Academic Support Hours: Not teaching in 2018/19
Xiaoning Lu
Lecturer in Modern Chinese Culture and Language
Chinese film history and criticism; modern Chinese popular culture; visual culture and media technology; cultural governance; socialist modernity
- Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4670
- Email: xl1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 453
- Academic Support Hours: Not teaching 2018/19
Tian Yuan Tan 陳靝沅
Professor of Chinese Studies
- Tel: +44(0)20 7898 4570
- Email: tt26@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 396
- On Sabbatical:2018-2019 (all year)
Lectors
Yan Cui
Senior Lector in Chinese
- Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4237
- Email: yc2@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 382
- Academic Support Hours: Mondays 11am-12noon/Fridays 11am-12noon
Wanli Gao
Senior Lector in Chinese
- Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4234
- Email: wg@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 382
- Academic Support Hours: Tuesday 12-1 pm / Thursday 11 - 12 pm
Zhaoxia Pang
Senior Lector in Chinese
- Tel: 020 7898 4257
- Email: zp1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 480
- Academic Support Hours: Monday 16:00-17:00 / Thursday 11:00-12:00
Lik Suen
Principal Lector in Chinese
- Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4264
- Email: lx@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 361
- Academic Support Hours: Mondays 11.15am-12.15pm/Wednesdays 12-1pm
Teaching Fellows
Hongzhen An
Teaching Fellow in Chinese
- Email: ha8@soas.ac.uk
Paul Bevan
Research Associate
Janine Nicol
Teaching Fellow
- Email: jn19@soas.ac.uk
Maria Af Sandeberg
Senior Teaching Fellow in Chinese
Modern Chinese literature and literary thought; gender studies
- Email: ms119@soas.ac.uk
Song Lianyi
Principal Teaching Fellow
- Tel: 020 7898 4226
- Email: ls2@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 367
- Academic Support Hours: Mondays & Tuesdays 1-2pm
Research Associates
Letizia Fusini
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
- Email: letty.fusini@gmail.com
Mary Mazzilli
Research Associate
Modern and contemporary Chinese Drama (with particular expertise on Gao Xingjian); Comparative Literature; Gender studies; Literary Theory
- Email: mm117@soas.ac.uk
Emeritus Staff
Andrew H-B Lo
Emeritus Professor of Chinese
- Email: al3@soas.ac.uk