Asian Studies
- Ian Buruma (St Antony's)
- David Hawkes (All Souls)
- Jessica Rawson (Merton)
- William Edward Soothill
- Richard Carnac Temple
- Richard Olaf Winstedt (New College)
- James Legge (Corpus Christi)
- Vivienne Shue (St. Antony's)
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