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David C. Atherton receives Everett I. Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award

David Atherton, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, was recognized by the Harvard Griffin GSAS Student Council (GSC) at the 25th annual Everett I. Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Awards ceremony. Remarks included his impact as a “warm, compassionate, and highly caring” mentor of graduate students.

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Shinju Fujihira (Executive Director, WCFIA Program on US-Japan Relations) named a 2024 Harvard Hero

Shinju Fujihira, Executive Director of the WCFIA Program on US-Japan Relations, was named a Harvard Hero on Thursday, June 13 in a ceremony held at the Sanders Theater. The Harvard Heroes Recognition Program "celebrates the accomplishments of Harvard staff whose work supports the mission of Harvard at the highest levels of contribution, impact and excellence," and Dr.

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Karen L. Thornber named next Director of Derek Bok Center

Karen L. Thornber, Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and President of Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Iota of Massachusetts, has been appointed the next Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning as of July 1, 2024. 

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Gunn Chaiyapatranun (RSEA '24) receives 2024 Joseph Fletcher Award, Eura Choi and Tabreya Ryan receive honorable mentions

The Reischauer Institute congratulates Gunn Chaiyapatranun (RSEA '24) for receiving a 2024 Joseph Fletcher Memorial Thesis Award, which recognizes students in the Regional Studies – East Asia program for research theses which demonstrate the high standard of excellence encouraged by the late Joseph Fletcher, Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History and a past chairman of the RSEA Committee, after whom the award was named.

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Congratulations to the Graduating Students of 2024

The Reischauer Institute congratulates Harvard's 2024 Ph.D. and A.M. graduates in Japanese Studies. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Ph.D. Recipients Anthropology Susan Paige Taylor, "The City of Texts: An Ethnography of The Work/Labor of Care in Booktown Jimbocho, Tokyo" Comparative Literature Botagoz Ussen, "Red Feminisms: Transnational Perspectives & Hybrid Identities"

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