I am Joel Lim, an undergraduate from King’s College London pursuing a degree in History and Political Economy. My interests lie broadly in history, with a particular focus in economic history. Few months back, a found out about the Harvard summer program online and was immediately intrigued by it. The opportunity to engage with fields such…
The Lullabies That Tell the Turkana Story See below for an article about lullabies written by members of the Turkana tribe in northwest Kenya. This project was undertaken by Joel Lim, an undergraduate student from King’s College, London, and Karen Choi, a Harvard University undergraduate. Both Joel and Karen participated in the 2025 season of…
Current or prospective ASPR Junior Fellows are invited to browse the support resources available to them via the Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. For information specific to the ASPR Junior Fellowship, visit the Grants and Fellowships section of our website. Any questions about the ASPR Junior Fellowship can be…
One aim of the American School of Prehistoric Research is to support access to archaeological field schools, and in Summer 2025, we were able to do this through a partnership with the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA). The AIA offers scholarships to students planning to participate in archaeological field work for the first time, and…
In 1973, David Pilbeam, Henry Ford II Professor of Human Evolution, Emeritus, initiated a project with the Geological Survey of Pakistan to find fossils of early hominins in Pakistan. The project quickly expanded in scope and attracted scientists and students with diverse backgrounds and interests from a broad array of universities and institutions, in the…
ASPR Postdoctoral fellow Margot Louail, who joined the ASPR in mid-2024, will be using her time as a fellow to study the paleoecology of suids from the Turkana Depression between 3.8 and 1.0 million years ago. Dr. Louail’s research will primarily concentrate on the Shungura Formation and the closely associated Usno Formation in the Lower…
