The faculty is engaged in a broad range of research and teaching on modern and historical Asian and Middle Eastern studies, focusing on politics, language, and culture.
The faculty's main building is located on Pusey Lane near the Ashmolean Museum and Sackler Library, with some research centres of the faculty having their own buildings elsewhere in Oxford (such as the Middle East Centre based at St. Antony's College, Oxford).
The faculty is part of the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford.
The name was changed due to its perceived colonial implications.
[2] The faculty is divided into three sub-faculties based on subject area, including: Statutory professorships (as of 2024[update]): Other notable current academics: