#  Nicholas Harkness 

Faculty Associate (on leave 2026–2027); Harvard Academy Senior Scholar.

Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology; Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University.

 

 

 



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**Research interests:** Language, music, and semiotics; urban anthropology; anthropology of religion; and South Korea.



 

 

 





 

 

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