Faculty of Oriental Studies

The Faculty of Oriental Studies (formerly the Oriental Institute), is the University of Oxford's department of Asian and Middle East Studies.

The Faculty of Oriental Studies building on Pusey Lane, Oxford. The rotunda of the Sackler Library can be seen in the background.

The department 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 department is part of the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford. The Faculty of Oriental Studies has its own library for students and professors, which is both a lending library and a reading room of the Bodleian Library.

Sub-faculties

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

Notable people

Statutory professorships:

Other notable current academics:

References

  1. "Theo Maarten van Lint". Faculty of Oriental Studies. University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. "Alain Fouad George". Faculty of Oriental Studies. University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. "Professor Stefano Zacchetti". Balliol College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

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