Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (formerly the Faculty of Oriental Studies),[1] is a subdivision of the University of Oxford.

Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford

The faculty is engaged in a broad range of research and teaching on modern and historical Asian and Middle Eastern studies, focusing on politics, language, and culture. The faculty's main building is located on Pusey Lane near the Ashmolean Museum and Sackler Library, with some research centres of the faculty having their own buildings elsewhere in Oxford (such as the Middle East Centre based at St. Antony's College, Oxford). The faculty is part of the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford. The faculty has its own library for students and professors, which is both a lending library and a reading room of the Bodleian Library.

The faculty was known as the Faculty of Oriental Studies until 1 August 2022, when the name was changed to Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. The name was changed due to its perceived colonial implications.[2]

Sub-faculties

The faculty is divided into three sub-faculties based on subject area, including:

Notable people

Statutory professorships (as of 2022):

Other notable current academics:

References

  1. "History of the Faculty". orinst.web.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. Clarence-Smith, Louisa (21 September 2022). "Oxford renames Oriental Institute over links to 'colonialism and imperialism'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. "Theo Maarten van Lint". Faculty of Oriental Studies. University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. "Alain Fouad George". Faculty of Oriental Studies. University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. "Professor Stefano Zacchetti". Balliol College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

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