Xiaolu Ma (Ph.D. 2017, Comparative Literature) wins Honorable Mention for 2025 AILC-ICLA Balakian Prize
Xiaolu Ma (Harvard Ph.D. '17, Comparative Literature) has received an Honorable Mention in the 2025 competition for the International Comparative Literature Association's Anna Balakian Prize for her book Transpatial Modernity: Chinese Cultural Encounters with Russia via Japan (1880–1930), published in 2024 through the Harvard University Asia Center Publications Program.
Read MoreDavid C. Atherton appointed Thorley D. Briggs 1953 Associate Professor of the Humanities
David C. Atherton has been appointed Thorley D. Briggs 1953 Associate Professor of the Humanities. Professor Atherton is a scholar of literature, focusing primarily on Japan’s early modern period (also known as the Edo or Tokugawa period, ca. 1600-1867). He is concerned with understanding how the intrinsic, literary dynamics of early modern texts interacted with and shaped the social, cultural, and political worlds beyond the page.
Read MoreIan J. Miller appointed Reischauer Institute Professor of Environmental History
Ian J. Miller, is the Reischauer Institute Professor of Environmental History as well as an Affiliate Professor in the Department of the History of Science and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. Since July 2020, he has also served as Faculty Dean of Cabot House.
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