Christina L. Davis awarded Foreign Minister’s Commendation by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
On Monday, March 25, Christina L. Davis, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics in the Department of Government and Director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, was awarded by Foreign Minister’s Commendation by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, in a ceremony at the official residence of Consul General Kotaro Suzuki. She was recognized for "contribut[ing] to the promotion of Japan research in the U.S.
Read MoreMary C. Brinton interviewed by South Korean newspaper "The Asia Business Daily"
Mary C. Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology and former Director of the Reischauer Institute, was interviewed by The Asia Business Daily, a South Korean newspaper, in an article discussing the issues of gender inequality and low birth rate.
Read MoreBrian Hurley, Asia Center Publications Author, recognized by Modern Japan History Association and Modern Language Association
The Reischauer Institute congratulates Brian Hurley, Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, who has been named one of three finalists for the Modern Japan History Association Book Prize, for Confluence and Conflict: Reading Transwar Japanese Literature and Thought, published by
Read MoreAdam J. Lyons, former Postdoctoral Fellow, awarded American Academy of Religion's Best First Book Prize
The Reischauer Institute congratulates Adam J. Lyons (Université de Montréal) on being awarded the Best First Book in the History of Religions by the American Academy of Religion for his monograph Karma and Punishment: Prison Chaplaincy in Japan (Harvard University Press, 2021). Currently an RIJS Associate in Research, Dr.
Read MoreToshiko Mori interviewed for NHK Direct Talk "An Architect's Mission: Mori Toshiko / Architect."
Toshiko Mori, Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture at Harvard's GSD, was interviewed for NHK’s Direct Talk "An Architect's Mission: Mori Toshiko / Architect." Originally broadcast in August, this news segment is available on demand on the NHK website.
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