Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies |

News

Barak Kushner elected to British Academy

18 July 2025

Congratulations to Professor Kushner on being elected to the fellowship of the British Academy

Vicky Young interviewed for NHK World News

17 July 2025

Dr Young's interview features as part of a piece on the growing popularity of Japanese fiction in translation.

Imperial Reformation in East Asia: How Demobilization and Militarization Operated in the Postwar Regional Order

23 June 2025

Professor Barak Kushner gave this talk at the Rethinking Empires and Trans-Imperial History Conference at Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea, 19 June 2025.

Bloomberg TV interviewed Dr Elizabeth Monier

20 June 2025

Dr Elizabeth Monier, Assistant Professor of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge, was interviewed by Bloomberg TV on 20 June.

Learning to Slurp: History, Noodles, and Popular Culture in Modern Japan.

05 June 2025

On Friday, 30 May, Professor Barak Kushner gave a lecture at Sun Yat Sen University on the history of ramen and Sino-Japan relations.

Faculty Events

5th International Conference on Teaching Persian Language and Literature

Thursday, 18 September, 2025 - 00:00 to Friday, 19 September, 2025 - 23:55

Spotlight on

New: Advanced Diploma in Hebrew Studies

The Advanced Diploma is a nine-month postgraduate qualification that provides instruction in Hebrew language. It is intended for students with a first degree whose knowledge of Hebrew is at an intermediate or lower intermediate level. The aim of the course is to bring students’ knowledge up to an advanced level.

The Diploma is intended to prepare you for:

Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

News

Faculty Events

Spotlight on

New: Advanced Diploma in Hebrew Studies

Address:

Find us:

Email:

Telephone:

For AMES staff:

Privacy & cookies:

Study at Cambridge

About the University

Research at Cambridge