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Core Faculty

John H. Burris Professor in the Department of the History of Art and Visual Studies

Geographic Research Area: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Middle East

Teaching/Research Interests: Modern and contemporary art, methodology and intellectual history, and film, media, and popular cultures

Retired Professor
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Nutrition
Julia Finkelstein is the Follett Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow and associate professor of epidemiology and nutrition. She is a 2021–22 Global Public Voices fellow.
Professor Emeritus, South Asia Religions

Geographic Research Area: India

Teaching/Research Interests: South Asian religions, North Indian devotional traditions, and modern Indian religious movements

Professor Emeritus, Music

From 1980 until his retirement in 2011, Martin Hatch taught courses in music and musical traditions of Africa and Asia, elementary music theory, the history of American music, and ethnomusicology in Cornell University’s Department of Music and Department of Asian Studies.

Senior Lecturer, Asian Studies

Geographic Research Area: Sri Lanka

Teaching/Research Interests: Teaching Sinhala as a second language, English-Sinhala translation

Professor Emeritus, Government

Geographic Research Area: India

Teaching/Research Interests: Agrarian political economy and agrarian reform; ethnicity and conflict; political ecology and development; and social conflicts around science and genetic engineering

Professor Emeritus, Anthropology

David Holmberg advises all Cornell Fulbright applicants. Find out more about Fulbright at Cornell.

IIE-SRF Fellow and Visiting Scholar
Sharif Hozoori’s area of research includes Afghanistan politics and foreign policy, identity politics, and cultural studies. He is a 2024 Global Public Voices freedom of expression fellow.
T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs

Ravi Kanbur is well-known for his role in policy analysis and engagement in international development. He has served on the senior staff of the World Bank.