Mary C. Brinton was appointed as the new Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University, which supports research on Japan and provides a forum for related academic activities and the exchange of ideas. She will begin a three-year term on July 1.Read more about Brinton appointed Reischauer Institute director
Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies, Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, served as the 108th president of the American Sociological Association in 2016-17. Her term took an unexpected turn with the election of Donald Trump in November 2016: it befell on her to take a leadership role in defending the professional interests of sociologists and the conditions for academic freedom.... Read more about Lamont Presidential Lecture out in American Sociological Review
Yueran Zhang received the Reinhard Bendix Best Student Paper Award given by the ASA Section on Comparative and Historical Sociology, for his paper, "Preempting 'No Taxation without Representation': The Case of Taxing Private Homeownership in China."Read more about Yueran Zhang receives ASA Paper Award
