# Awards and Honors ![Awards, Honors and Congratulations to our EALC Community](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/ealc/files/awardspage.png) Congratulations to our EALC members! ## Recent EALC Awards and Honors [### Helen He (Harvard College '25) Named as Recipient of 2025 Rhodes Scholarship ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/11/6-more-harvard-students-awarded-rhodes-scholarships/) November 19, 2025 ![A Chinese woman smiles next to a beautiful tapestry](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/helen-he.jpg?h=ad741656&itok=QbHz9S9x) [### Prof. Peter Bol Awarded the China Special Book Award ](/news/2025/07/prof-peter-bol-awarded-china-special-book-award) July 31, 2025 EALC Professor Peter Bol was honored with the China Special Book Award, the highest honor in China's publishing industry for foreigners. On Tuesday, June 17th, along with 15 others from multiple countries, Prof. Bol was given an award for his writing... ![China Book Award Winners 2025](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-07/GtwLOv1WMAAeTjK.jpeg?itok=lR9DBYKm) [### Two EALC Students Accepted to the National Collegiate Chinese Honor Society ](/news/2025/04/two-ealc-students-accepted-national-collegiate-chinese-honor-society) April 22, 2025 EALC Chinese Language students Lu ísa Shida and Heather Park, Harvard College '25, have recently been inducted into the National Collegiate Chinese Honor Society. This society is founded to recognize the outstanding academic achievement of college... ![Luísa Shida (Center) and Heather Park (2nd from left) with Chinese Language Instructors](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-07/award%20recipients%20with%20their%20instructors.jpg?itok=n3xRiLjy) [### Prof. Jie Li's new book honored with prestigious book award ](/news/2025/01/prof-jie-lis-new-book-honored-prestigious-book-award) January 28, 2025 Cinematic Guerillas: Propaganda, Projectionists and Audiences in Socialist China, Prof. Jie Li's new book on the use of film as a political medium in Socialist China, has won the prestigious Katherine Singer Kovács Book Award from the Society for Cinema... ![A Chinese woman with pigtails runs a projector in the outdoors](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-01/cine_0.png?h=b6fb1993&itok=xhreXmO1) [### Prof. David Atherton's book recognized by Columbia University Press ](/news/2025/01/prof-david-athertons-book-recognized-columbia-university-press) January 28, 2025 Professor David Atherton's newest book, Writing Violence: The Politics of Form in Early Modern Japanese Literature, has been recognized by the American Library Association as a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. This prestigious distinction... ![Book cover of Writing Violence; A Japanese painting of a samurai with two swords, pointing a gun at the viewer](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-01/violence.png?h=2044ccc4&itok=phmVptTm) [### EALC Professor Michael Szonyi named Honorary Villager of Yongtai County, China ](/news/elc) September 17, 2024 Prof. Michael Szonyi has been granted the honor of being named an Honorary Villager of Yongtai County, China. Original news story here (Chinese): ![A Chinese man presents Prof. Michael Szonyi with a plaque](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/a7a75ea7-6df6-4483-b59a-39ce18280a45_zsite.jpg?h=b7fb795e&itok=MPBxNikV) [### Prof. Michael Puett Appointed Director of Harvard University Asia Center ](https://asiacenter.harvard.edu/announcements/michael-puett-appointed-director-harvard-university-asia-center) August 06, 2024 description [### Kassandra Diaz Honored with Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates ](/news/kc-dia) July 30, 2024 One of this year's Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates awardees is our own EALC graduate student Kassandra Diaz! Congratulations, Kassandra! description [### EALC faculty named Cabot Fellows ](/news/ealc-faculty-named-cabot-fellows) June 21, 2024 Professors Jie Li and Ryūichi Abé have been named Walter Channing Cabot Fellows. The annual awards honor faculty members for their contributions to the advancement of scholarship in the fields of literature, history, or art. See more here! description [### Prof. Karen Thornber Appointed Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning ](/news/prof-karen-thornber-appointed-richard-l-menschel-faculty-director-derek-bok-center) June 04, 2024 Karen Thornber, the Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, as well as President of Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Iota of Massachusetts, has been appointed as the next Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning as... description [### Jie Li Named Harvard College Professor ](/news/jie-li-named-harvard-college-professor) May 07, 2024 Jie Li named Harvard College Professor Jie Li, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Fairbank Center Faculty Affiliate, was named a Harvard College Professor in recognition of her “commitment to undergraduate teaching,” the Harvard... description [### Juhee Kang Interviewed in Harvard Griffin GSAS News Feature ](/news/juhee-kang-interviewed-harvard-griffin-gsas-news-feature) May 02, 2024 A Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences News article details Juhee Kang's Horizon Scholars Project, Numbers, Minds and Society. Read the article here! description [### David Atherton Recognized with 2024 Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award ](/news/david-atherton-recognized-2024-mendelsohn-excellence-mentoring-award) April 08, 2024 David Atherton's mentorship has been honored as a “warm, compassionate, and highly caring” mentor. Read more here! description [### 2023 Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prize Winners Announced ](/news/2022-tazuko-ajiro-monane-and-noma-reischauer-prize-winners-announced-0) January 08, 2024 On Friday, December 8, 2023, faculty, students, families, and staff gathered in the first-floor seminar room at 5 Bryant Street, to celebrate and congratulate the 2023 Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prize winners. Co-sponsored by the Japanese... description [### Juhee Kang named 2024 Harvard Horizons Scholar ](/news/juhee-kang-named-2024-harvard-horizons-scholar) December 18, 2023 EALC's Juhee Kang has been named as one of 2024's Harvard Horizons Scholars for her work Numbers, Minds, and Society: Takeaways from an early 20th century Japanese human intelligence test . Read more here! description [### EALC Alum Wei Yu Wayne Tan Wins AHA Book Prize ](https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/october-2023/american-historical-association-announces-2023-prize-winners) October 24, 2023 description [### Prof. Xiaofei Tian Receives Prestigious Humboldt Award ](https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=13417) August 25, 2023 description [### 2022 Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prize Winners Announced ](/news/2022-tazuko-ajiro-monane-and-noma-reischauer-prize-winners-announced) January 13, 2023 On Monday, December 5, 2022, faculty, students and staff gathered in the spacious first-floor seminar room at 5 Bryant Street, Cambridge, to celebrate the awarding of 2022's Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prizes. Co-sponsored by the Japanese... description [### 2021 Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prize Winners Announced ](/news/2021-tazuko-ajiro-monane-and-noma-reischauer-prize-winners-announced) December 15, 2021 On Thursday, December 2, 2021, faculty, students, families, and staff attended a Zoom gathering to celebrate the awarding of this year’s Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prizes. Co-sponsored by the Japanese Language Program and the Edwin O... description [### 2020 Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prize Winners Announced ](/news/2020-tazuko-ajiro-monane-and-noma-reischauer-prize-winners-announced) December 11, 2020 On Monday, December 7, 2020, faculty, students, families, and staff attended a Zoom gathering to celebrate the awarding of this year’s Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prizes. Co-sponsored by the Japanese Language Program and the Edwin O... description [### EALC Prof. Stephen Owen Awarded 2020 Stanislas Julien Prize ](https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/professor-stephen-owen-awarded-2020-stanislas-julien-prize) August 11, 2020 description [### Four EAS Concentrators Awarded Hoopes Prizes for Senior Theses ](/news/four-eas-concentrators-awarded-hoopes-prizes-senior-theses) May 21, 2020 This month, four joint concentrators in East Asian Studies were awarded the Hoopes Prize for their senior theses. Established by a gift from the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes, class of 1919, the prize is awarded to undergraduates for a piece of writing they... description [### EALC Faculty and Teaching Fellow Recognized for Achievements in Undergraduate Pedagogy ](/news/ealc-faculty-and-teaching-fellow-recognized-achievements-undergraduate-pedagogy) May 19, 2020 This month, two EALC faculty members and one PhD candidate were recognized for their achievements in teaching undergraduate courses at Harvard. James Robson , James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and William... description [### Joint Concentrator in East Asian Studies and Statistics Receives 2019-2020 Korean Language Achievement Award ](/news/joint-concentrator-east-asian-studies-and-statistics-awarded-2019-2020-korean-language) April 16, 2020 Each academic year the Harvard University Korean Language Program (KLP), in partnership with the Korea Institute , presents Korean Language Achievement Awards to its most outstanding students. The prizes are intended to “recognize devotion and excellence... description [### 2019 Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prize Winners Announced ](/news/2019-tazuko-ajiro-monane-and-noma-reischauer-prize-winners-announced) December 17, 2019 On Thursday, December 5, 2019, faculty, students, and staff gathered at the East Asian Languages Program offices to celebrate the awarding of this year’s Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prizes. Co-sponsored by the Japanese Language Program and the... description [### Prof. Melissa McCormick's Genji Exhibit at the Met Named One of 2019's Best ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-a-year-of-upheaval-the-best-art-was-also-the-bravest/2019/12/09/246cab64-1545-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html) December 11, 2019 description [### Three Professors Honored with Named Professorships ](/news/three-professors-honored-named-professorships) October 17, 2019 Three faculty members in EALC have recently been awarded named professorships by Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay and Provost Alan M. Garber: David Howell, the Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese History... description [### 2018 Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prize Winners Announced ](/news/2018-tazuko-ajiro-monane-and-noma-reischauer-prize-winners-announced) December 12, 2018 On Thursday, December 6, 2018, faculty, students, and staff gathered at the East Asian Languages Program offices to celebrate the awarding of this year’s Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prizes. Co-sponsored by the Japanese Language Program and the... description [### Prof. Leonard van der Kuijp Inducted into Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ](/LVDK-AAS) August 01, 2018 Leonard van der Kuijp, a Harvard Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies since 1995, with joint appointments in the departments of South Asian and East Asian Studies, has been awarded lifetime membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and... description [### Prof. Michael Szonyi Appointed Frank Wen-hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History ](/szonyi-appointed) July 18, 2018 Michael Szonyi, Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, was recently appointed Frank Wen-hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University. 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