Panagiotis Roilos Appointed as President of the European Cultural Center of Delphi
Faculty Associate Panagiotis Roilos, George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and professor of comparative literature at Harvard University, was recently elected president of the European Cultural Center of Delphi, a major cultural center in Europe, which functions under the auspices of—and in collaboration with—the European Council and the Greek Ministry of Culture. The mission of the Center is "to support exchanges of international cultural interest and to promote the common cultural values that unite the peoples of Europe through the advancement of scholarship on European culture and initiatives such as conferences and cultural events." Roilos succeeds Professor Hélène Ahrweiler, a major academic figure in Europe.
Daniel Carpenter Wins Two 2022 Book Prizes
Faculty Associate Daniel Carpenter, Allie S. Freed Professor of Government at Harvard University, is the recipient of two book awards for his recent book, Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation 1790–1870 (Harvard University Press, 2021). He won the 2022 J. David Greenstone Book Prize, given by the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association, which recognizes the best book in history and politics in the past two calendar years. He also won the 2022 James P. Hanlan Book Award, given by the New England Historical Association, which recognizes authors living or working in New England and whose books focus on any historical topic, time period, or geographic region.
Yeling Tan Wins Peter Katzenstein Book Prize
Former Graduate Student Associate Yeling Tan, now an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon, is the recipient of the 2022 Peter Katzenstein Book Prize for her book, Disaggregating China, Inc.: State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order (Cornell University Press, 2021). The Katzenstein Prize, in honor of Peter J. Katzenstein, the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University, recognizes an outstanding first book in international relations, comparative politics, or political economy.
Emma Rothschild Wins Leo Gershoy Award
Faculty Associate Emma Rothschild, Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History at Harvard University, is the recipient of the 2022 Leo Gershoy Award for her recent book, An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries (Princeton University Press, 2021). The prize, distributed by the American Historical Association, is awarded annually to the author of the most outstanding work published in English on any aspect of the fields of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century western European history.
Ellis Monk Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Faculty Associate Ellis Monk, associate professor of sociology at Harvard University, is one of the recipients of the 2022 New Innovator Awards. Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program, the award supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral, or social sciences within the National Institute of Health mission. Monk received the award for his project, “The Optics of Health: Race Skin Tone Minority Health and Health Disparities in the US.”
Paul Chang Wins ASA Section Award for Outstanding Published Article
Faculty Associate Paul Chang, associate professor of sociology at Harvard University, is a corecipient of the 2022 Outstanding Published Article Award from the Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association for his article with Kangsan Lee, titled “The Structure of Protest Cycles: Inspiration and Bridging in South Korea’s Democracy Movement.”
Pippa Norris Wins Warren E. Miller Prize
Faculty Associate Pippa Norris, Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, has won the 2022 Warren E. Miller Prize from the American Political Science Association (APSA) Section on Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior. The award is presented every two or three years for an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the elections, public opinion, and voting behavior field. APSA lauded her three decades of service to Harvard Kennedy School and her broad intellectual interests, which she has investigated in polities around the world.
Julie Battilana Wins George R. Terry Book Award
Faculty Associate Julie Battilana, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, is the recipient—along with coauthor Tiziana Casciaro—of the 2022 George R. Terry Book Award for their book, Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business (Simon & Schuster, 2021). The award is given annually by the Academy of Management to “the book judged to have made the most outstanding contribution to the global advancement of management knowledge during the last two years.”
Robert Paarberg Wins Nautilus Book Award
Associate Robert Paarlberg, Betty F. Johnson ‘44 Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Wellesley College, is one of the gold winners of the 2022 Nautilus Book Awards in the Green, Restorative Practices/Sustainability category, for his book, Resetting the Table: Straight Talk About the Food We Grow and Eat (Alfred A. Knopf, 2021). Nautilus Book Awards recognize books that promote spiritual growth, conscious living and sustainability, high-level wellness, and positive social change and social justice as they stimulate the imagination and inspire the reader to new possibilities for a better world.
Three Faculty Associates Awarded 2022 Walter Channing Cabot Fellowships
Among the thirteen Harvard faculty members awarded 2022 Walter Channing Cabot Fellowships for their outstanding publications are three Weatherhead Center Faculty Associates: Daniel Carpenter, Allie S. Freed Professor of Government, for Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790–1870 (Harvard University Press, 2021); Serhii Plokhii, Mykhailo S. Hrushevs’kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, for Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis (Norton, 2021); and Victor Seow, assistant professor of the history of science, for Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia (University of Chicago Press, 2021).
Zach Sell Wins Paul E. Lovejoy Prize
Former Visiting Fellow Zach Sell, now an assistant professor in the history of slavery at the University of Notre Dame, is the recipient of the 2022 Paul E. Lovejoy Prize for excellence and originality in a major work on any theme related to global slavery published in 2021. The Journal of Global Slavery jury unanimously decided to award the prize to Sell for his book, Trouble of the World: Slavery and Empire in the Age of Capital (University of North Carolina Press, 2021). The Paul E. Lovejoy Prize is named after the esteemed slavery scholar and distinguished professor of African studies and African diasporic studies at York University in Canada.
Jeffry Frieden Receives Career Achievement Award
Faculty Associate Jeffry Frieden, Stanfield Professor of International Peace at Harvard University, received the 2022 Career Achievement Award at the annual conference hosted by the International Political Economy Society (IPES). Every year IPES provides an annual forum for scholars of international political economy to present their best new work in progress to an informed and critical scholarly audience.
Mary Brinton Conferred the Order of the Rising Sun
Faculty Associate Mary Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, has been conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Government of Japan. She is honored for her contributions to the field of Japanese studies. The citation also commends Brinton’s observations and insightful arguments of Japanese society, including her research on labor markets and gender mainstreaming measures, which have had impact not only on Japanese scholars but also on policy makers and the broader public.