2022 Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Awards Ceremony
On Monday, December 5, 2022, the Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prizes were awarded to this year's recipients in a ceremony held at 5 Bryant Street.
Read MoreMelissa McCormick interviewed by Japan Foundation about Metropolitan Museum "Tale of Genji" Exhibition
Melissa McCormick (Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Japanese Art and Culture) was recently interviewed for an article, titled "American Scholar Revealed the Profound World of The Tale of Genji," by the Japan Foundation as part of a series of special stories in celebration of the foundation's 50th anniversary. Prof.
Read MoreRIJS Japan Summer Internship Program participant Lauren Baehr (Harvard College '23) publishes report with Asia Pacific Initiative (API)
The Reischauer Institute congratulates Lauren Baehr ('23, History & Literature and East Asian Studies) on her recently published report on the response to COVID-19 in East Asia! As part of the RIJS Japan Summer Internship Program, Lauren worked as a research intern with the Asia Pacific Initiative (API), a Tokyo-based independent think tank and program brand of The International House of Japan (I-House).
Read MoreIn Memoriam: Henry Rosovsky (1927-2022)
The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies mourns the passing of Professor Henry Rosovsky, Dean Emeritus of the Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor Emeritus.
Read MoreRIJS Director Prof. Mary Brinton conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Government of Japan
Prof. Mary Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology and Director of the Reischauer Institute, has been conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Government of Japan. Prof. Brinton is honored for her contributions to the field of Japanese Studies. The citation also commends Prof.
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