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Asian Institute Academic Leadership and Staff

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From a wide range of disciplines across the University of Toronto, our faculty affiliates with expertise in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and South Asia participate in making the Asian Institute a vibrant intellectual space.

Scroll down to browse our faculty, leadership, staff and affiliates. You can refine your search by filtering the listings by role, affiliation (centre or initiative), or topic/geography. 

Headshot of Jacques Bertrand
 
Director, Collaborative Master’s Specialization in Contemporary East and Southeast Asian Studies
Professor, Department of Political Science
Michelle Cho headshot
 
Director, Centre for the Study of Korea
Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Francis Cody - Photo by Jamie Napier
 
Director, Dr. David Chu Program in Contemporary Asian Studies (CAS)
Director, Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
Associate Professor, Asian Institute/Centre for South Asian Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UTM
Headshot of Diana Fu - photo by Alexis MacDonald
 
Co-lead, Changing World Order area of focus, Munk School
Director, East Asia Seminar Series
Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Headshot of Takashi Fujitani
 
Retired Professor
Inaugural Dr. David Chu Chair in Asia Pacific Studies, Asian Institute
Tong Lam
 
Interim Director, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Asian Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies, UTM
Headshot of Rachel Silvey
 
Richard Charles Lee Director, Asian Institute
Professor, Department of Geography & Planning
Headshot of Elizabeth Wijaya
 
Director, Southeast Asia Seminar Series
Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Studies
Assistant Professor, Cinema Studies Institute
Francis Cody - Photo by Jamie Napier
 
Director, Dr. David Chu Program in Contemporary Asian Studies (CAS)
Director, Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
Associate Professor, Asian Institute/Centre for South Asian Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UTM
Headshot of Diana Fu - photo by Alexis MacDonald
 
Co-lead, Changing World Order area of focus, Munk School
Director, East Asia Seminar Series
Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Headshot of Phillip Lipscy - photo by Alexis MacDonald
 
Director, Centre for the Study of Global Japan
Chair in Japanese Politics and Global Affairs
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Professor, Department of Political Science
Headshot of Mark Manger
 
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
photo of Manjari Chatterjee Miller
 
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Munk Chair in Global India
Headshot of Lynette Ong
 
Distinguished Professor in Chinese Politics
Professor, Department of Political Science
Ito Peng headshot
 
Director, Centre for Global Social Policy
Professor, Department of Sociology
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for the Study of Global Japan
Joseph Wong - photo by Alexis MacDonald
 
Vice-President, International
Professor, Department of Political Science
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Yiching Wu headshot
 
Associate Professor, Asian Institute
Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Zaheer Baber Photo
 
Professor, Department of Sociology (UTM)
Headshot of Jacques Bertrand
 
Director, Collaborative Master’s Specialization in Contemporary East and Southeast Asian Studies
Professor, Department of Political Science
Amrita Daniere headshot
 
Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
Headshot of Christoph Emmrich
 
Associate Professor, Centre for South Asian Studies
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Headshot of Yoonkyung Lee
 
Korea Foundation Chair of Korean Studies
Professor, Department of Sociology
Headshot of Sida Liu
 
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Headshot of Rachel Silvey
 
Richard Charles Lee Director, Asian Institute
Professor, Department of Geography & Planning
Headshot of Matthew Walton
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Aisha Ahmad headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Ruoyun Bai Headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Arts, Culture and Media, University of Toronto Scarborough
Joshua Barker headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Vice-Provost, Graduate Research and Education
Ritu Birla headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of History
 
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
Associate Dean, Teaching & Learning, Faculty of Arts & Science
Loren Brandt headshot
 
Noranda Chair Professor of Economics, Department of Economics
Waqas Butt Headshot
 
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Eric Cazdyn headshot
 
Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Li Chen headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies (UTSC)
Carol Chin headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of History
Michelle Cho headshot
 
Director, Centre for the Study of Korea
Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Yujeong Choi headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of East Asian Studies
Hae Yeon Choo
 
Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Korea
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, UTM
Headshot of Julia Chun
 
Korean Studies Librarian, Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
Headshot of Naisargi Dave
 
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Deepali Dewan headshot
 
Senior Curator, Global South Asia, Royal Ontario Museum
Associate Professor, Status Only, Department of Art History
Arti Dhand headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Wendy Dobson headshot
 
Professor Emerita, Rotman School of Management
Esmat Elhalaby
 
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies
Assistant Professor of Transnational History, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies
Cindy Ewing headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Assistant Professor, International Relations Program, Trinity College
Victor Falkenheim headshot
 
Professor Emeritus, Department of East Asian Studies
Director, Global Taiwan Studies Initiative
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
Headshot of Takashi Fujitani
 
Retired Professor
Inaugural Dr. David Chu Chair in Asia Pacific Studies, Asian Institute