Ryūichi Abé, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions, was named a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow by Harvard FAS, which annually honors faculty members for their contributions to the advancement of scholarship in the arts and humanities. Professor Abé was awarded the fellowship for his recent publication Hyōden Ryōkan – Wakehedate no nai yo wo kiraku kotsujikisō (Ryōkan, A Biography: the beggar monk who created a world without divisiveness), (Kyoto: Mineruva shobō, 2023).

The official announcement can be found here.