Miya Qiong Xie (Ph.D. '17) awarded 2024 Modern Language Association Prize for First Book
Miya Qiong Xie (Ph.D. 2017) was recently awarded the 2024 Modern Language Association Prize for First Book for her monograph Territorializing Manchuria: The Transnational Frontier and Literatures of East Asia (Harvard University Asia Center, 2023).
Read MoreMari Miura featured in article in the Asahi Shimbun
Mari Miura, Professor of Political Science at Sophia University and 2024-25 Reischauer Institute Visiting Scholar, has recently been featured in the Asahi Shimbun in an article titled, なお「男性の壁」、女性議員の層厚くしないと ("Facing the gender barrier: the number of female legislators must increase"). In this article, she discusses challenges in Japanese politics, especially around gender representation and the recent election outcomes.
Read MoreTakao Hensch conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Government of Japan
Takao Hensch, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, has been named in the 2024 Autumn Conferment of Japanese Decorations on Foreign Nationals by the Government of Japan. He will receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
Read MoreKosuke Imai publishes new paper on legislative redistricting in Japan
Professor Kosuke Imai of the Department of Statistics and Government recently co-published a paper titled "Estimating the Partisan Bias of Japanese Legislative Redistricting Plans Using a Simulation Algorithm," with Sho Miyazaki (Graduate School of Business, Stanford University) and Kento Yamada (Harvard College '24). Prof. Imai will soon present this research at the University College of Dublin.
Read MoreStacie Matsumoto named 2024 recipient of the John E. Thayer III Award
Stacie Matsumoto, Associate Director of the Reischauer Institute, has been named the 2024 recipient of the John E. Thayer III Award by the Japan Society of Boston. Established in 1991, this award recognizes outstanding contributions to the cultural exchange and the progress of understanding and friendship between the United States and Japan.
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