School directory
The School of Languages and Cultures in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is very proud of the academics who teach on our programs. They provide the excellence and diversity that is a distinctive feature of the language and culture programs offered at the University of Sydney. In addition to a strong focus on languages, teaching and research areas include linguistics, literature, philosophy, Buddhism, popular culture, intercultural communication, modern and ancient history, migration, political economy, sociology to name just some. We also engage in cross-disciplinary areas such as comparative regional studies (Asian Studies and European and Middle Eastern Studies) and international and comparative literature.
Below is a directory of the School's current academic staff. Clicking on names will lead to that academic's research profile (located on their departmental website), or email address where a profile is currently unavailable.
- Dr Wendi ADAMEK Chinese Studies
- Dr Avril ALBA Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies
- Dr Ali Yunis ALDAHESH Arabic and Islamic Studies
- Dr Mark ALLON Indian Sub-Continental Studies (Chair of Department), Director of Buddhist Studies
- Dr Giorgia ALÙ Italian Studies
- Dr Luis Fernando ANGOSTO FERRÁNDEZ Spanish and Latin American Studies and Anthropology
- Dr Olivier ANSART Japanese Studies (Chair of Department)
- Dr Lionel BABICZ Japanese Studies
- Dr Andrea BANDHAUER Germanic Studies
- Assoc Prof Marie-Thérèse BARBAUX French Studies
- Dott. Antonella BECONI Italian Studies
- Dr Francesco BORGHESI Italian Studies, Acting Director of European Studies Program
- Dr Alice CAFFAREL-CAYRON French Studies
- Dr Yasuko CLAREMONT Japanese Studies, Director of International and Comparative Literary Studies Program
- Ms Lucy DAVEY Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies
- Dr Myriam DEL RIO HERNANDEZ Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Dr Novi DJENAR Indonesian Studies (Chair of Department)
- Dr Anthony DRACOPOULOS Modern Greek Studies
- Assoc Prof Michele FORD Indonesian Studies
- Ms Yona GILEAD Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies
- Dr Françoise GRAUBY French Studies
- Assoc Prof Nijmeh HAJJAR Arabic and Islamic Studies
- Jörn HAUSNER Germanic Studies
- Dr Vannessa HEARMAN Indonesian Studies
- Dr Larissa HEINRICH Chinese Studies
- Dr Nerida JARKEY Japanese Studies
- Prof Vrasidas KARALIS Modern Greek Studies (Chair of Department)
- Dr Mats KARLSSON Japanese Studies
- Dr Esther KLEIN Chinese Studies
- Assoc Prof Ki-Sung KWAK Korean Studies (Chair of Department)
- Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies
- Dr Tristan LAY Germanic Studies
- Prof Michael LEWIS Japanese Studies
- Dr Vek LEWIS Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Dr Caroline LIPOVSKY French Studies
- Dr Ari LOBEL Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies
- Assoc Prof Yixu LU Germanic Studies (Chair of Department)
- Dr M. Cristina MAUCERI Italian Studies
- Prof Peter MORGAN Director of the European Studies Program
- Dr Panayota NAZOU Modern Greek Studies
- Dr Joyce NIP Chinese Studies
- Dr Duk-Soo PARK Korean Studies
- Dr Fernanda PEÑALOZA Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Prof Jeffrey RIEGEL Head of School of Languages and Cultures
Christel ROME French Studies- Dr Michelle ROYER French Studies
- Dr Antonia RUBINO Italian Studies (Chair of Department)
- Prof Suzanne RUTLAND Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies
- Dr Chun Fen SHAO Japanese Studies
- Dr Lucia SORBERA Arabic and Islamic Studies
- Dr Matthew STAVROS Japanese Studies
- Dr Carolyn STOTT French Studies
Miriam Thompson French Studies- Dr Rebecca SUTER Japanese Studies
- Assoc Prof Linda TSUNG Chinese Studies
- Germanic Studies
- Prof Adrian VICKERS Director of Asian Studies
- Dr Anne WALSH Spanish and Latin American Studies (Chair of Department)
- Dr Eileen WALSH Asian Studies
- Dr Wei WANG Chinese Studies (Acting Chair)
- Dr Sonia WILSON French Studies
- Assoc Prof Bronwyn WINTER French Studies (Chair of Department)
- Dr Seiko YASUMOTO Japanese Studies
- Assoc Prof Ian YOUNG Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies (Chair of Department)
- Xiaowei ZHANG Chinese Studies
- Dr Xiaohuan ZHAO Chinese Studies