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Professor Steven Caton steps down as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy

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On June 30, 2021, Professor Steven Caton steps down as a Senior Scholar of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Professor Caton has been a Senior Scholar since AY2008 –2009 and he will continue at Harvard University as the Khalid Bin...

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

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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...

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

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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...

About The Harvard Academy

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Mission The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies is dedicated to promoting innovative social science hand-in-hand with deepening our shared knowledge of the experiences and practices of the world’s regions and countries. The first class of...

Joint Statement of the Academy Scholars and Senior Scholars

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On February 27, 2018 and March 4, 2018, The Chronicle of Higher Education published articles that alleged sexual harassment over a number of years by Professor Jorge I. Domínguez, who for quite some time was Chair of the Harvard Academy. We were shocked...

Academy Scholars Program

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This program is open to recent PhD recipients and doctoral candidates in the social sciences. The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies is dedicated to promoting innovative social science hand-in-hand with deepening our shared knowledge of...

Open Letter from the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies

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Dear President Drew Faust, Dear President-elect Lawrence S. Bacow, Dear Dean Michael D. Smith, Dear Dean Claudine Gay, The Senior Scholars and Academy Scholars of the Harvard Academy are deeply troubled by the serious allegations of sexual harassment...

Professor Timothy J. Colton appointed Interim Chair of the Harvard Academy

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On March 4, 2018, Professor Colton agreed to serve as the Interim Chair of the Harvard Academy until June 30, 2018. Professor Colton is the Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University...

Professor Melani Cammett appointed Chair of the Harvard Academy

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On July 1, 2018, Professor Melani Cammett became the new Chair of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Professor Cammett is the Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government and Professor in the...

Professor Timothy J. Colton appointed Chair of the Harvard Academy

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On July 1, 2021, Professor Timothy J. Colton became the new Chair of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Professor Colton is the Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies in the Department of Government at...

Professor Melani Cammett steps down as Chair of the Harvard Academy & will be appointed Director of the Weatherhead Center

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On June 30, 2021, Professor Melani Cammett stepped down as Chair of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, although she will remain a Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Professor Cammett will take up a new position as Director of the...

Who is eligible to apply for the Academy Scholars Program?

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The Academy Scholars Program is open to scholars from all countries and citizenships who have recently completed or are nearing completion of a PhD or equivalent degree program (DPhil and SJD included) in the social sciences.

The Academy Scholars Program...