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"
Read MoreToshiko Mori receives Asia Society 2024 Asia Arts Game Changer Award
Toshiko Mori, Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and founder and principal of Toshiko Mori Architect in New York City, has been named a recipient of the Asia Society 2024 Asia Arts Game Changer Award, in recognition of her significant contributions to contemporary art.
Read MoreWilliam M. Tsutsui Receives 2024 Lisa Mighetto Distinguished Service Award
The Reischauer Institute congratulates William M. Tsutsui on receiving the 2024 Lisa Mighetto Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) for his "significant contributions to the development of ASEH as an organization." Currently the Chancellor and Professor of History of Ottawa University, Prof.
Read MoreChristina 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.
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