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.