East Asian Studies staff

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Dr Gemma Ballard

Lecturer in East Asian Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: g.ballard@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Hyun Kyong Hannah Chang

Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: hyun.chang@sheffield.ac.uk

Yu Chen

Dr Yu Chen

Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: yu.chen@sheffield.ac.uk

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Sukyeon Cho

Senior University Teacher in Korean Language
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: s.cho@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Jamie Coates

Senior Lecturer in East Asian Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: j.coates@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Jennifer Coates

Professor of Japanese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

My research interests include Japanese and East Asian cinema, architecture, photography, gender studies, filmmaking, and ethnographic methods.

Email address: jennifer.coates@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Hugo Dobson

Professor of Japan's International Relations; Lead Faculty Director and Interim Head of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

International relations; global summitry (G7 and G20); informal politics; soft power; visual politics

Email address: h.dobson@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Marjorie Dryburgh

Lecturer in Chinese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: m.e.dryburgh@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Fumihito (Fumi) Gotoh

Lecturer in East Asian Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: F.Gotoh@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Yu Han

University Teacher in Chinese Language
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: yu.han@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Kahee Jo

Lecturer in East Asian Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: k.jo@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Ku In (Kyuin) Kim

Teaching Associate in Korean Language
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: Ku.kim@sheffield.ac.uk

Yeon-Jeong Kim

University Teacher in Korean Language
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: yeon.j.kim@sheffield.ac.uk

Yuki Kittaka

Teaching Fellow in Japanese Language
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: y.kittaka@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr. Derek Kramer

Lecturer in Korean Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: d.kramer@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Jinah Kwon

Research Associate
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: jinah.kwon@sheffield.ac.uk

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Seri Lee

Teaching Associate in Korean Language
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: seri.lee@sheffield.ac.uk

Leongkat Lei

PhD Student
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

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Dr Yu-Wai (Vic) Li

Lecturer in East Asian Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: yu-wai.li@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Jo Lumley

Teaching Associate in Japanese Language
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: j.lumley@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Christina Maags

Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: c.maags@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Thomas McAuley

Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Premodern Japanese poetry (waka) and poetic criticism; traditional Japanese aesthetics and culture

Email address: t.e.mcauley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 8413

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Miyuki Nagai

University Teacher in Japanese Language
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: m.nagai@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr. Karin Narita

Research Associate in Japanese Politics and International Relations
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

History of political thought; Japanese conservatism and right-wing politics; International theory;

Email address: k.narita@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Mark Pendleton

Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Modern and contemporary Japan; queer studies and feminism in East Asia; historical memory.

Email address: m.pendleton@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Mike Prentice

Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

I am an expert on South Korean workplace culture, digital platforms, and language.

Email address: mike.prentice@sheffield.ac.uk

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Xueni Shi

Teaching Associate in Chinese Language
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: x.shi2@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Saori Shibata

Lecturer in East Asian Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: S.Shibata@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Martyn Smith

Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: m.d.smith@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Sarah A. Son

Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

North Korea; South Korea; international relations, politics, human rights, popular culture, national identity, migration

Email address: s.a.son@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: 07572023571

Dr Owen Stampton

Research Associate
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: o.stampton@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Kate Taylor-Jones

Professor of Global Cinema and Media
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Global Cinema, Women Film Directors, Visual Culture, Creative Industries and Media, East Asia, Gender, practise-led research methods,

Email address: k.e.taylor-jones@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr David Tobin

Lecturer in East Asian Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: D.Tobin@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Nozomi Uematsu

Lecturer in Japanese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: n.uematsu@sheffield.ac.uk

Yumi Uraki

Teaching Associate in Japanese Language
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: y.uraki@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Anna Vainio

Teaching Associate in East Asian Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: a.vainio@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Anna-Viktoria Vittinghoff

Lecturer in East Asian Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: a.vittinghoff@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Justin Winslett

Lecturer in Chinese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: j.winslett@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Wayne Wong

Lecturer in East Asian Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: k.wong@sheffield.ac.uk

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Sachiko Yamaguchi

Teaching Associate in Japanese Language
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: S.Yamaguchi@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Sojin Yu

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: sojin.yu@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Mei Zhang

Lecturer in Chinese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: m.zhang@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Zhong Zhang

Lecturer in Chinese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: zhong.zhang@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Yi Zhu (Zoe)

Senior Lecturer in East Asian Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email address: yi.zhu@sheffield.ac.uk

Emeritus Professors

Emeritus Professor James H Grayson

Professor of Korean Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email: j.h.grayson@sheffield.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Harukiyo Hasegawa

Professor of Japanese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email: h.hasegawa@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Glenn D. Hook

Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email: g.hook@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Beverley Hooper

Emeritus professor of Chinese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email: b.j.hooper@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Tim Wright

Emeritus professor of Chinese Studies
School of Languages, Arts and Societies

Email: t.wright@sheffield.ac.uk