Academy Scholars Program: Applications for the 2024 postdoctoral fellowship closed on September 22, 2023. Applications for the 2025 postdoctoral fellowship will open on June 1, 2024.

September 23, 2023

In Memoriam: Henry Rosovsky, 1927-2022

November 16, 2022

Henry Rosovsky, founder and first Chair of The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, who served from The Harvard Academy’s beginning in AY1985–1986 through AY1995–1996, passed away November 11, 2022. He will be greatly missed by his colleagues at The Harvard Academy. An obituary is located here. Various memorials are located as follows:
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Academy Scholars Program: Applications for the 2023 postdoctoral fellowship closed on September 23, 2022. Applications for the 2024 postdoctoral fellowship will open on July 1, 2023.

September 24, 2022

Thank you for your interest in the Academy Scholars Program.

Applications for the 2023 postdoctoral fellowship closed on September 23, 2022.

Applications for the 2024 postdoctoral fellowship will open on July 1, 2023.

Tanushree Goyal's dissertation co-receives the 2022 APSA Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award

September 14, 2022

Harvard Academy Scholar (AY2020–2022) Tanushree Goyal's dissertation “Representation from Below: How Women Mobilize Inside Parties” co-receives the American Political Science Association's Section on Political Economy 2022 Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award. Details... Read more about Tanushree Goyal's dissertation co-receives the 2022 APSA Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award

Matthew Shutzer's article receives the 2022 CSSH Jack Goody Award

August 22, 2022

Harvard Academy Scholar (AY2019–2020 & 2022–2023) Matthew Shutzer's article "Subterranean Properties: India's Political Ecology of Coal, 1870–1975" receives the Comparative Studies in Society and History's 2022 Jack Goody Award. Details here. Read more about Matthew Shutzer's article receives the 2022 CSSH Jack Goody Award

Professor Malika Zeghal appointed as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy

July 1, 2022

The Harvard Academy welcomes Professor Malika Zeghal as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Professor Zeghal is the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life at Harvard University.

Professor Yuhua Wang appointed as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy

July 1, 2022

The Harvard Academy welcomes Professor Yuhua Wang as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Professor Wang is a Professor of Government at Harvard University.

Professor Nicholas Harkness appointed as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy

July 1, 2022

The Harvard Academy welcomes Professor Nicholas Harkness as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Professor Harkness is the Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Korea Institute at Harvard University.

Professor Nathan Nunn steps down as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy

June 30, 2022

On June 30, 2022, Professor Nathan Nunn steps down as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Professor Nunn has been a Senior Scholar since AY2015–2016. We congratulate him on his new position as Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics of The University of British Columbia. Read more about Professor Nathan Nunn steps down as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy

Professor George Paul Meiu steps down as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy

June 30, 2022

On June 30, 2022, Professor George Paul Meiu steps down as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Professor Meiu has been a Senior Scholar since AY2021–2022 while on sabbatical. We congratulate him on his new position as Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Basel.