Victor Seow awarded John Whitney Hall Book Prize for "Carbon Technocracy"
Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, was recently awarded the 29th Annual John Whitney Hall Book Prize by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) for his publication Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia (University of Chicago Press, 2021).
Read MoreStudents and faculty in Japanese Studies earn Harvard recognition as Top Producer of Fulbright Students & Scholars for 2022-23
The U.S. Department of State, in collaboration with the Institute of International Education (IIE), has recently named Harvard University among the top producers of Fulbright U.S. Students and Scholars for 2022-23.
Read MoreJapanese Boatbuilding Workshop featured in Harvard University newspapers
The story of the Reischauer Institute's wintersession Japanese boatbuilding workshop has been shared in multiple news outlets around Harvard University, including The Harvard Gazette ("First Lesson in Japanese Boatbuilding: Don't Speak"), The Harvard Crimson ("
Read MoreRIJS Director Mary Brinton interviewed by The Asahi Shimbun
Mary Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology and Director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, was interviewed earlier this month by The Asahi Shimbun for an article recently published "労働ファーストの日本が人口減を止めるには ハーバード大教授の提言" ("How labor-first Japan can end population decline: a Harvard professor's proposal"). In this interview, Prof.
Read MoreRIJS Director Mary Brinton interviewed on BBC and ABC News Channels
Mary Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology and Director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, was interviewed on January 23rd on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) "The World Tonight" program and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) NewsRadio. In each interview, she discussed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's promise to take urgent steps in response to Japan's declining birth rate.
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