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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.
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Associate Professor, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies
Professor, Department of Linguistic
Professor, Department of Language Studies (UTSC)
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
Associate Professor, Department of History (On leave to June 30, 2023)
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Director, Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of East Asian Studies
Korean Language Program Coordinator, Department of East Asian Studies
Assistant Professor, Adult Education and Community Development, OISE
Interim Director, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Asian Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies, UTM
Associate Dean, Academic & Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology
Associate Professor, Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography (UTSC)
Associate Professor, Department of History
Chair of Tamil Studies at the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, UTSC
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Professor, Women & Gender Studies Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Assistant Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies
Assistant Professor, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
Professor, Adult Education and Community Development Program, OISE
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Assistant Professor, Political Science (UTM)
Associate Professor; Interim Undergraduate Director and Associate Chair, Department of Political Science
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian Institute
Assistant Professor, Department for Health and Society, UTSC
Assistant Professor, Center for Global Disability Studies, UTSC
Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Planning
Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography (UTM)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Music
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian Institute
Associate Professor, Department of History
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Associate Professor; Distinguished Professor of the Humanities & Chair, Department of East Asian Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Art History
Associate Professor, Department of History
Associate Professor, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies (UTSC)
Professor, Associate Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator, Department for the Study of Religion
Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Associate Professor and Vice-Dean, Graduate, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
Affiliate, Asian Institute
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Justice Education, OISE
Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Professor, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
Associate Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Associate Professor; Associate Chair, Undergraduate, Department of Anthropology
Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religion
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of English, UTSC
Assistant Professor, Cinema Studies Institute
Associate Professor, Department of History
Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Research, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies (UTSC)
Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Planning
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Professor and Chair, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough Campus
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for the Study of Global Japan
Affiliate, Asian Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Planning
Assistant Professor, Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology
Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
Director, Southeast Asia Seminar Series
Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Studies
Assistant Professor, Cinema Studies Institute