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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. 

Mustafa Aryan headshot
 
Administrator, Harney Program
Administrator, Tea Circle
Research Officer
Zaheer Baber headshot
 
Professor, Department of Sociology (UTM)
Arba Bardhi Square Headshot
 
Events Coordinator and Administrator, Asian Institute
Joshua Barker headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Vice-Provost, Graduate Research and Education
Headshot of Jacques Bertrand
 
Director, Collaborative Master’s Specialization in Contemporary East and Southeast Asian Studies
Professor, Department of Political Science
Headshot of Rebecca Bi
 
Program Advisor and Communications Officer, Asian Institute
Ritu Birla headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of History
Nina Boric headshot
 
Manager, Asian Institute
Chong Su Kim headshot
 
Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Korea
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 Dylan Clark
 
Course Instructor, Contemporary 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
Amrita Daniere headshot
 
Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
Christoph Emmrich headshot
 
Associate Professor, Centre for South Asian Studies
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Cindy Ewing headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Assistant Professor, International Relations Program, Trinity College
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
Takashi Fujitani headshot
 
Dr. David Chu Chair in Asia Pacific Studies, Asian Institute
Professor, Department of History
Shannon Garden-Smith headshot
 
Research Coordinator, Asian Institute
 
Visiting Professor, Asian Institute
Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Ryutsu Keizai University
Anup Grewal headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies (UTSC)
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Yi Gu headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Arts, Culture and Media (UTSC)
Ping-Chun Hsiung headshot
 
Professor, Department of Sociology
Headshot of Hana Kim
 
Director, Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
Tae-woo Ko headshot
 
Visiting Professor, Centre for the Study of Korea
Assistant Professor, Department of Korean History, Seoul National University
Headshot of Hye-Su Kuk
 
Assistant Professor, Adult Education and Community Development, OISE
Tong Lam
 
Director, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Asian Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies, UTM
Headshot of Yoonkyung Lee
 
Interim-Director, Centre for the Study of Korea
Korea Foundation Chair of Korean Studies
Professor, Department of Sociology
Tania Li Headshot
 
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)
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 Sida Liu
 
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Hy Van Luong headshot
 
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology
Headshot of Mark Manger
 
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
Picture of Bonnie McElhinny standing next to a tree and wearing a grey shirt and blue jacket.
 
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Professor, Women & Gender Studies Institute
Headshot of Scott McKnight
 
Research Associate, Innovation Policy Lab
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
Headshot of Lynette Ong
 
Professor, Asian Institute
Professor, Department of Political Science
Professor Ito Peng
 
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
Irene Poetranto headshot
 
Course Instructor, Contemporary Asian Studies
Headshot of Guiping Qu
 
Visiting Professor, Asian Institute
School of History and Culture, South China Normal University
Katharine Rankin headshot
 
Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
Michael Roellinghoff headshot
 
Research Associate, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies
Andre Schmid headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
 
Affiliate, Asian Institute
Arts & Science Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science
Headshot of Rachel Silvey
 
Richard Charles Lee Director, Asian Institute
Professor, Department of Geography & Planning
Camille Sung headshot
 
Arts & Science Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of East Asian Studies
Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Korea
Headshot of Matthew Walton
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Headshot of Elizabeth Wijaya
 
Director, Southeast Asia Seminar Series
Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Studies
Assistant Professor, Cinema Studies Institute
Joseph Wong - photo by Alexis MacDonald
 
Vice-President, International
Professor, Department of Political Science
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy