People

Dr. Timotheus Bodt

Associate Professor, Linguistics

While Dr. Bodt‘s research career centres on the documentation, description, and revitalisation of endangered languages of the Himalayan region, he also has a keen interest in their historical development.

Prof. DO Eunjee

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Korean Studies Ms Do coordinates and delivers the Korean Studies programme at the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies, including the Korean language modules and the Korean extramural programme.

Professor Nathan Hill

Professor Of, Linguistics

Director of the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies, Professor of Chinese Studies. Professor Hill, based in the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, researches Tibeto-Burman/Sino-Tibetan historical linguistics.

Dr. Keiko Inoue

Occasional Teaching, Linguistics

Dr Inoue coordinates and delivers the Trinity Electives in Japanese language and culture as well as the Japanese extramural programme. She is the former Chairperson of the Japanese Language Teachers of Ireland.

Dr. Yixiu Jiang

Khyentse Visiting Research Fellowship in Buddhist Studies

Her research focuses on the ten stages of bodhisattva path, Buddhist dreams, and intertextuality in Mahāyāna scriptures. She also works on Niya Kharoṣṭhī documents, and on broader Silk Road history.

Dr. Lijing Peng

Teaching Fellow, Linguistics

Dr. Sirithorn Siriwan

Assistant Professor, Linguistics

Sirithorn Siriwan is an Assistant Professor in Southeast Asian Studies. Her research interests cover contemporary theater and performance, ritual practice, and rice culture.

Dr. Hongfei Wang

Research Fellow, Linguistics

Dr Wang is the Coordinator of the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies and the Coordinator of the Language and Culture modules in Trinity Electives.

Dr. Ka Fai Yip

Research Fellow, Linguistics

Dr. Yip research interests lie in syntax, semantics, and their interfaces with prosody, with a focus on Cantonese and its heritage varieties (Toronto and Saigon), as well as other (South)east Asian languages, including Mandarin and Vietnamese.

Dr. Jiwon Baik

Assistant Professor, Political Science

Prof. Baik researches the politics of development, political and economic institutions, and state-business relations, with a regional focus on China and East Asia.

Professor Louis Brennan

Fellow Emeritus, Trinity Business School

Dr. Seema Chauhan

Assistant Professor, School of Religion

Seema K. Chauhan is the Assistant Professor of Asian Religions in the School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies.

Dr. Jude Lal Fernando

Associate Professor, School of Religion

Prof. Jude Lal Fernando is Assistant Professor in Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies at the Irish School of Ecumenics in TCD

Dr. Yushu Geng

Research Fellow, History

Dr Yushu Geng is a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, mentored by Dr Isabella Jackson.

Dr. James Hadley

Associate Professor, Russian & Slavonic Studies

Prof. James Hadley is Ussher Assistant Professor in Literary Translation who is affiliated with TCAS.

Dr. Rowland Anthony Imperial

Assistant Professor, Linguistics

Prof. Imperial is based in the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences. His current research focuses on issues of material, epistemic, and affective injustices in East and Southeast Asia’s commercial English language teaching industry

Dr. Dong Jin Kim

Adjunct Professor, School of Religion

Dr Dong Jin Kim is a Research Fellow at TCD’s Irish School of Ecumenics. Dong-Jin obtained his PhD from the University of North Korean Studies in Korea.

Dr. Motoko Akashi

Dr Motoko Akashi is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Research Fellow. She holds a PhD in Literary Translation Studies from University of East Anglia.

Dr. Shigeki Nakagome

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Shigeki Nakagome did his Ph.D. in Human Genetics at the University of Tokyo in 2010. He joined Trinity in 2016, after stints at The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (2011-13) and University of Chicago (2013-16).

Dr. Duoduo Xu

Visiting Research Fellow, Linguistics

Dr Duoduo Xu’s research focuses on Dongba and Daba oral traditions. She conducts ethnographic fieldwork in Southwest China.