Postdoctoral Fellows

Ping-hsiu Alice Lin

Ping-hsiu Alice Lin

Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies (fall 2023). PhD, Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Research interests: South Asia; Pakistan; political economy; transnational trade; commodity chain; infrastructure; geosciences; and artisanship.

1727 Cambridge Street, room E106
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 495-5362
Daniel Manulak

Daniel Manulak

William Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellow, Canada Program. PhD, Department of History, Western University, Canada.

Research interests: Contemporary international and global history; modern Canada; modern Africa; decolonization; human rights; emotions; and race.

1727 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Angélica Márquez-Osuna

Angélica Márquez-Osuna

Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of History of Science, Harvard University.

Research interests: Latin America; transnational history; agrarian studies; modernity and innovation in the tropics; environment; history of biology; animal studies; and beekeeping.
Pronouns: she/her/hers

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Sayumi Miyano

Sayumi Miyano

Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations. PhD, Department of Politics, Princeton University.

Research interests: International political economy; international trade; foreign direct investment; international organizations; and energy politics.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
James Nealy

James Nealy

Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History. PhD, Department of History, Duke University.

Research interests: Capitalism; neoliberalism; socialism; Soviet Union; Europe; United States; Japan; labor; and business and factory history.

1727 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Nurit Nobel

Nurit Nobel

Postdoctoral Fellow, STAR Lab. PhD, Department of Marketing and Strategy, Stockholm School of Economics.

Research interests: Behavior change; nudging; sustainable consumption; financial decision making; consumer wellbeing; field experiments; judgement and decision making; and consumer behavior.

1727 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Ellen Nye

Ellen M. Nye

Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. PhD, Department of History, Yale University.

Research interests: Global economic history; early modern Eurasia; transimperial history of debt, money, and capitalism; cross-cultural trade; comparative political economy; and empire formation.
Pronouns: she/her/hers

1727 Cambridge Street, room E105
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 496-3821
Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero

Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero

Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies (fall 2023). PhD, Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles.

Research interests: Labor economics; development economics; economic history; urban economics; and Latin America.

1727 Cambridge Street, room E101
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 495-5414
Awa Ambra Seck

Awa Ambra Seck

Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. PhD, Political Economy and Government, Harvard Kennedy School.

Research interests: Development economics; political economy; colonial history; migration; and Africa.
Pronouns: she/her

1727 Cambridge Street, room E104
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 495-3264
Maha Shehade Switat

Maha Shehade Switat

Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program; Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Haifa.

Research interests: Law and society; ethnic, racial, and gender inequality; labor markets; and labor and employment law.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Esha Sraboni

Esha Sraboni

Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program; Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion.
PhD, Department of Sociology, Brown University.

Research interests: Transnational feminism and critical development studies; sociology of knowledge, science, and technology; sociology of law and human rights; and South Asia.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Rachel Steely

Rachel Steely

Raphael Morrison Dorman Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program. PhD, Department of History, Harvard University.

Research interests: History of capitalism; biotechnology; and agribusiness in the twentieth century.
Pronouns: she/her/hers

1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Diana Van Patten

Diana Van Patten

Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies (fall 2023). Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Management, Yale University.
Research interests: International trade; macroeconomic development; and Latin America.
1727 Cambridge Street, room E105
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 496-3821
Moritz von Brescius

Moritz von Brescius

Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History. Research Group Leader, Institute of History, University of Bern.

Research interests: History of Europe in the world; economic history; capitalism; plantations and labor studies; resource regimes; imperial and global history; history of science and knowledge; and South Asia.

1727 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138