Doctorate

The Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies offers a vibrant research environment characterised by regional and disciplinary diversity, as well as a broad range of methodological and theoretical approaches. This creates excellent opportunities for intellectual exchange, interdisciplinary collaboration, and international networking.
Doctoral research can be pursued in the following fields represented at the Institute:

• Indian Studies
• Islamic Studies
• Japanese Studies
• Chinese Studies
• Gender Studies

If you are interested in pursuing a doctorate, your first step is to identify a potential supervisor whose expertise aligns with your research interests. Prospective doctoral candidates are therefore encouraged to contact the relevant professor directly with a brief outline of their proposed topic and any preliminary research ideas.

• Prof. Dr. Nicolas Martin (Modern Indian Studies)
• Prof. Dr. Bettina Dennerlein (Islamic Studies and Gender Studies)
• Prof. Dr. Rebecca Sauer (Islamic Studies)
• Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci (Social Science of Japan)
• Prof. Dr. Raji C. Steineck (Japanese Philology)
• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Behr (Chinese Studies: Traditional China)
• Prof. Dr. Jean Christopher Mittelstaedt (Chinese Studies: Modern China)

The Institute participates in the doctoral collaboration Human–Environment Relations in Islamic Tradition (MUBIT), conducted in cooperation with the University of Basel.

The Gender Studies doctorate at UZH is part of the Interuniversity Doctoral Program in Gender Studies Switzerland (IDP), in which the Universities of Zurich, Basel, and Bern participate.