Professor Michael Hutt

Professor Michael Hutt

Michael Hutt is Professor of Nepali and Himalayan Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Cultures at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where he has taught for more than 20 years. He is a renowned expert on the modern literature and culture of Nepal and the Nepali diaspora, and has written the definitive English translations of many Nepali texts. A regular visitor to the Himalaya, he has also been engaged with the politics of the region, publishing books on Nepal’s civil war and the issue of Bhutanese refugees. His works include Himalayan Voices: an Introduction to Modern Nepali Literature (1991) and Himalayan People's War: Nepal's Maoist Rebellion (editor, 2004).