Professor Harwich Named Co-Director of Leading French Research Center on the Americas

In June, Prof. Nikita Harwich was elected Co-director of the French Research Center "Mondes Américains, Sociétés, Circulations, Pouvoirs (XVème-XXIème siècle)" (MASCIPO), which is the largest and one of the most highly regarded research centers in France concerning the history and anthropology of the Americas - both North and South. It brings together scholars the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), the EHESS, the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne and the University of Paris West Nanterre, and also works in collaboration with specialists of North and South America from universities in France, Germany, the UK, Columbia and Argentina. It puts out an online journal called Nuevo Mundo Mundos Nuevos published in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Professor Harwich's nomination as Co-Director took effect in June and extends to a four-year mandate (2011-2015).

See more information on the MASCIPO Research Center.