Radcliffe
Fellowship

Ndubueze L. Mbah RI '23. Photo by Tony Rinaldo

The Fellowship Program annually selects and supports artists, scholars, and practitioners who bring both a record of achievement and exceptional promise to the Institute.

Radcliffe fellows are individuals at different stages of their careers who come to the Institute from across the United States and around the world and represent a broad range of academic, professional, and artistic fields. Fellows work on an individual project—a novel, a film, a map of the Milky Way—while mining and deepening the knowledge, ingenuity, and talent of the Harvard University community. Projects range from the poetic to the cosmic. Past fellows include Jill Lepore, Samantha Power, Zadie Smith, Elizabeth Warren, and the Nobel Laureate Michael Kremer.

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Love and Storytelling

Rahul Bhatia stands Radcliffe Yard, Byerly Hall behind him, and looks to the upper left distance.

Speaking to—and for—the People

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An Expanded Historical Narrative

Omer Aziz looks seriously at the camera, hands in pockets; he stands outdoors in front of Byerly Hall.

No Longer an Outsider

Brittany White, Meek Mill, and others in conversation at Harvard Radcliffe Institute event

Experience Is Expertise

Isabel Galleymore stares into the camera with hands folded

Cuteness Is in the Eye of the Beholder

COVID and Campus Closures

16 2022 Reading recommendations by Harvard Radcliffe Institute fellows

16 Reading Recommendations from 2022–2023 Fellows

Hong Yang looking upward, standing in front of a tree.

Looking to the Past to Understand the Future of Climate Change

A black-and-white photo of a Black woman, eyes closed and hands at her sides, singing at a vintage microphone; in the background, a man plays stand-up bass.

Finally, Taking a Bow

Brittany White half-smiles as she sits for an interview.

Organizing for a Pathway to Redemption

Correia holds up a simple, two-dimensional model of a protein, which is pentagonal.

Powered by Proteins

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Making It Up As He Goes

Ieva Jusionyte stands in front of a brick building in a leather jacket, arms crossed.

Following the Guns South

Joe Roman stands, arms crossed and holding his glasses in one hand, in front of the moose diorama in the Harvard Museum of Natural History.

The Circle of Life

Roberto Zariquiey holding up colorful pieces of fabric.

Shifting the Narrative on “Dying” Languages

How to Protect Democracy? Don’t Give Up on Your Neighbor.

Libusha Kelly wears a purple coat while she stands in a late fall garden

The Most Secret Garden

Uri McMillan stands smiling behind a magenta screen on a construction site.

Friendship-Fueled Art

A smiling woman holds up a badge-covered sash from a Girl Scout uniform.

A Vision of Universal, though Not Integrated, Sisterhood

The Ache Beneath

In the foreground, a rough square slab resembling stone. It's slick with water, which pools in its nooks and crannies.

The Sacred, Out of Context

The Unseen Inequity of Cognitive Labor

Steven Phelps stands in front of a building with a fire escape in the background.

An Intimate Take on Bonding’s Biology

David Dominique, arms crossed, stands on the Byerly Hall patio.

A Consequential Detour

Lauren Groff smiles during her Radcliffe Fellow's Presentation

Spotted at Radcliffe: A Brain Exploding into Rainbows

Cover image of the Health and Wealth comic book

When the US Healthcare System Met the Comic Book

Solving Disparities in Policing

Making Higher Education Antiracist

Rich Benjamin

Maggie Blackhawk

Laura DeMarco

Rebecca Donner

Tiffany N. Florvil

Judith Lok

Jewel Pereyra

Kim Vaz-Deville

Francesca Wade

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Announces 2023–2024 Fellows

The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program offers scholars in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and arts—as well as writers, journalists, and other distinguished professionals—a rare chance to pursue ambitious projects for a full year in a vibrant interdisciplinary setting amid the resources of Harvard. The 2023–2024 worldwide cohort brings an array of projects, from exploring the far reaches of space to saving rare frogs.

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I absolutely loved my Radcliffe experience! I really, truly can't explain how life-changing it was for me. There were so many interactions with others that fed my work in myriad ways—many of which (I'm sure) are not even apparent to me at the moment but will be gradually revealed over time. I'm so incredibly grateful for my time here at Radcliffe.

ZZ Packer 2014–2015 Lillian Gollay Knafel Fellow and writer

We had the freedom to push toward a deep understanding of our subjects. That’s one of the things the Radcliffe Institute does best: It allows for room to grow. As we presented our work and learned about one another's projects, there was a sense of self-consciousness falling away, a developing sense of play and exploration, a sense of listening, of interest across genres and across fields, one that introduced creative energy into everyone’s work.

Julie Orringer 2013–2014 Lisa Goldberg Fellow and fiction writer

The Radcliffe Fellowship Program is by far the most intellectually stimulating experience I have had in my decade at Harvard.

Edo Berger 2019–2020 Mildred Londa Weisman Fellow and a professor of astronomy at Harvard

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