Prof. Stephen Greenblatt Elected to Japan Academy and Italy’s Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

The English Department is pleased to announce that John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities Stephen Greenblatt has been unanimously elected as an Honorary Member of the Japan Academy, an organization founded in 1879, which recognizes scholars for notable academic achievements. The Japan Academy cites his contributions to the study of English Literature and the humanities and his leadership in fostering international academic exchange. He joins fellow Harvard University professor Amartya K. Sen, the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, who was elected an Honorary Member of the Japan Academy in 2015.

Professor Greenblatt has also been elected a Foreign Member of Italy’s Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, in the Class of Humanities and Social Sciences. Established in 1603, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei is the oldest scientific academy in the world. The Academy’s distinguished membership has included luminaries such as Galileo Galilei and Albert Einstein.