Rudolf Yanson

Who is Rudolf Yanson?

Rudolf Alexeevich Yanson is a professor at St. Petersburg State University, where he is Chairman of the Department of Philology of China, Korea and Southeast Asia in the Faculty of Oriental Studies. He has previously served as dean of the faculty of Oriental Studies. Yanson is on the board of the Moscow State Institute of Asian Studies. His research focuses on the historical phonology of Burmese. In 2004 Yanson gave a welcoming address to a conference on Indonesian studies. Yason serves on the international advisory board of the SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research. He is scheduled to give the keynote address at the Fifth Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages Symposium.