Faculty members named to 2008 class of The American Academy of Arts & Sciences fellows

Harvard University Gazette: The American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS), one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers, today April 28 announced the election of 20 Harvard University faculty members and affiliates to its new class of members.

Drawn from the sciences, the arts and humanities, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector, the 190 new fellows and 22 foreign honorary members are leaders in their fields and include Nobel laureates and recipients of Pulitzer and Pritzker prizes, Academy and Grammy awards, and Kennedy Center Honors.

Among those elected from Harvard University are:

• Gulru Necipoglu-Kafadar, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art; director, Aga Khan Program

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