Magnus Fiskesjö

Magnus Fiskesjö teaches anthropology and Asian studies at Cornell University. His main research interests include ethnic relations, heritage issues, and genocide in China, Burma, Taiwan, and beyond. He previously served in the Swedish embassies in China and Japan, and from 2000 to 2005 he was Director of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm. In 2000, he received a joint Ph.D. in Anthropology and in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago.