Japan & Korea Section, Department of East Asian Languages & Culture

Japan and Korea Section Staff

Undergraduate Admissions Tutors

Dr Alan Cummings (BA Japanese, BA Japanese Studies, BA Korean, BA Korean Studies)

Undergraduate Programme Convenors

Dr Alan Cummings (BA Japanese, BA Japanese Studies)

Professor Jae Hoon Yeon (BA Korean)

Dr Grace Koh (BA Korean Studies)

Postgraduate Programme Convenors

Professor Stephen Dodd (MA Japanese Literature, MA Japanese Studies, MA ...and Intensive Japanese)

Dr Owen Miller (MA Korean Studies, MA Korean Studies (Literature Pathway), MA ... and Intensive Korean)

Postgraduate Research Tutor

Dr Anders Karlsson

Please note that for Masters Students the Admissions Tutor and Personal Tutor is the Postgraduate Programme Convenor.

Academic Staff

Stephen Dodd

Professor of Japanese Literature

Modern Japanese literature, with particular interest in gender/sexuality, Modernism and translation studies

Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4216
Email: sd5@soas.ac.uk
Room: 381
Academic Support Hours: Wednesdays 3-4pm (Term 2 only)
On Sabbatical:2018-2019 (Term 1)

Andrew Gerstle

Professor of Japanese Studies

Japanese literature, drama and thought, primarily of the Tokugawa period, with particular interest in Bunraku and Kabuki theatre and the plays of Chikamatsu

Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4207
Email: ag4@soas.ac.uk
Room: 390
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 1-2pm / Email for an appointment

Christopher Gerteis

Senior Lecturer in the History of Contemporary Japan

Modern and Contemporary Japanese history. Social and cultural history of the 20th century, especially the intersection of consumer capitalism and historical memory.

Tel: 020 7898 4093
Email: cg24@soas.ac.uk
Room: 378
Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays 11.30am-1pm/Thursdays 3.30-5.30pm

Anders Karlsson

Senior Lecturer in Korean

Korean language; literature and society; history of 19th century Korea

Tel: 020 7898 4265
Email: ak49@soas.ac.uk
Room: 388
Academic Support Hours: Mondays 9am-10am /Thursdays 11am-1pm

Griseldis Kirsch

Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Japanese Culture

Contemporary Japanese culture, with particular interest in Japanese media and popular culture, representations of 'Otherness', social phenomena and war memory.

Tel: 020 7898 4288
Email: gk10@soas.ac.uk
Room: 377
Academic Support Hours: Thursdays & Fridays 12noon-1pm
On Sabbatical:Terms 1-3, 2017/18

Grace Koh

Lecturer in Korean Literature

Korean and East Asian literary traditions (prose and fiction); literary and intellectual history; travel literature and cultural encounters; critical theory and comparative literature

Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4290
Email: gk5@soas.ac.uk
Room: 385
Academic Support Hours: Friday 2-3pm (Term 1)

Owen Miller

Lecturer in Korean Studies

Modern Korean history and society; Korean historiography; social and economic history of 19th and 20th century Korea

Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4363
Email: om4@soas.ac.uk
Room: 408
On Sabbatical:Term 1 - 2018/19

Barbara Pizziconi

Reader in Applied Japanese Linguistics

Japanese applied linguistics; language teaching methodology; second language acquisition with emphasis on pragmatic aspects; linguistic politeness

Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4225
Email: bp3@soas.ac.uk
Room: 362
Academic Support Hours: Wednesdays 3-4pm

Jae Hoon Yeon

Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics

Korean language and linguistics, especially morpho-syntax and linguistic typology; structure and history of Korean language; Korean language teaching and translation; modern Korean literature

Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4232
Email: jy1@soas.ac.uk
Room: 384
Academic Support Hours: Fridays 3-5pm