Languages & civilisations of the Christian Near East (Armenian, Caucasian, Albanian, Coptic, Georgian); epigraphy. palaeography; Armenian history;
Elected 2012
Oriental and African Studies East Asia China, Japan, Korea South-East Asia Vietnam
Greco-Roman antiquity and its legacy in the East
The social and cultural history of China from the Qing through to the present, especially rural north China, links between transnational and local history, religion, diplomacy and revolution