Faculty
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Thomas Wilson
Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies, Director of Asian Studies
ExpertiseChinese history, culture and religion; Confucian ritual and the imperial cults devoted to Heaven and to Confucius -
Abhishek Amar
Associate Professor of Asian Studies
Expertisearchaeological history of South Asian religions, especially Buddhist and Hindu traditions; research in themes of inter-religious dynamics, syncretism and religious transformation; colonialism and reconfigurations of sacred centers; and religion and water management in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions -
Alexsia Chan
Assistant Professor of GovernmentExpertisecomparative politics; authoritarian politics; political economy of development; Chinese politics -
Sabrina Datoo
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Expertiseintellectual and cultural history of modern South Asia; history of medicine; Islam in South Asia -
Christopher Elford
Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian StudiesExpertiseliterature of early and medieval China; manuscript and print culture of premodern China and Central Asia; the materiality of reading and writing, particularly in pre-print literary cultures -
Usman Hamid
Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
ExpertiseHistory of Islam in South Asia, specializing in Sultanate and Mughal India; Muslim devotional traditions, material culture, and gender and sexuality; history of pre-modern Iran and Persian culture -
Junqing (Jessie) Jia
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures (Chinese)
ExpertiseChinese language pedagogy, with emphasis on development of language learning motivation; research-based curriculum design and material development; gamification in foreign language learning -
Masaaki Kamiya
Associate Professor of Japanese and Chair of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Director of Linguistics
Expertisesyntax, semantics, language acquisition, pragmatic and Japanese linguistics -
Adil Mawani
Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
ExpertiseSouth Asian religion and literature; Islamic studies; and religion, culture, and modern thought -
Arathi Menon
Assistant Professor of Art History
ExpertiseSouth Asian art; visual culture of Indian Ocean trade; churches, mosques, synagogues, and temples in Kerala; syncretism; religious iconography; artistic agency; digital art history
Contact
Department Name
Asian Studies Program
Contact Name
Thomas Wilson, Program Director
Office Location
198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323
Clinton, NY 13323
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