Dr. Brian Haman completed his PhD in German Studies (Romantic-era thought and prose) at the University of Warwick. His scholarly journey is marked by a diverse and interdisciplinary approach, bridging the fields of Comparative Literature, Cultural History, Philosophy, and History of Art.

His current research focuses on intercultural encounters between Europe and Asia, specifically through literature and art. He is writing a monograph on Irish women’s travel writing as well as editing the 2025 themed issue of Review of Irish Studies in Europe titled “Anthologising Irish Writing from the Nineteenth Century to the Present.”

Dr. Haman’s work also extends to Austrian Jewish exilic literature produced in Shanghai during the Second World War. His book Mark Siegelberg, Hans Schubert und das Theater des Exils was funded by the Zukunftfonds der Republik Österreich and the City of Vienna, in collaboration with PEN Austria. He has also contributed catalogue essays to the Jüdisches Museum Wien and Salzburg’s Museum Kunst der Verlorenen Generation on the cultural and literary output of Jewish writers and artists.

Since 2023, Dr. Haman has been the Editor-In-Chief of The Shanghai Literary Review, an English-language print magazine published in collaboration with Duke Kunshan University’s Humanities Research Center. He is also a regular contributor to ArtAsiaPacific and Asian Review of Books, and continues to write extensively on contemporary culture from Asia, with his work appearing in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Japan Times, among many others.

In 2022, Burmese poet ko ko thett and Dr. Haman published Picking Off New Shoots Will Not Stop the Spring, the first literary work to emerge from Myanmar since the military seized control of the country. He also edited the book A-Maze: Myanmar's Struggle for Democracy, 2011-2023 by Ma Thida, the Burmese surgeon, writer, human rights activist, and former prisoner of conscience.

Dr. Haman's research has been supported by a Fulbright Fellowship, a DAAD research grant, a British government research bursary, and numerous postdoctoral fellowships.