5 from Harvard named Marshall Scholars - Harvard Gazette

"The annual scholarship, launched by the British Parliament in the 1950s as an expression of gratitude for U.S. support following World War II, enables a group of American college graduates to continue their studies at any university in the United Kingdom. Forty-three students were chosen this year from more than 1,000 applicants. Representing Harvard College are Kashish Bastola '26, Hannah Duane '26, Tenzin Gund-Morrow '26, Ashwin Sivakumar '26, and Edith Siyanbade '24."

"Kashish Bastola, a history concentrator from McKinney, Texas, with a language citation in Nepali, has particular interest in studying the U.S. Gulf South and the Himalaya. His senior thesis brings to light a Cold War-era CIA operation to aid the Tibetan resistance on U.S. college campuses and military bases. He dedicated much of his time as an undergraduate to research and mentorship at the Radcliffe Institute as well as the Phillips Brooks House Association, and currently serves on the city of Cambridge's American Freedmen Commission."

"Hannah Duane, a joint concentrator in social studies and philosophy, grew up in San Francisco and began her undergraduate studies at Deep Springs College in California. Since transferring to Harvard, she has been a member of the Intellectual Vitality initiative and worked as a research assistant for the Task Force on Combating Antisemitism. Her senior thesis explores political theorist Hannah Arendt's theory of world alienation. Duane plans to continue studying Arendt, author of "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951), at the University of Oxford."

Harvard produced the largest cohort of 2026 Marshall Scholars, with five students and one alumna selected to study at universities in the United Kingdom. The Marshall Scholarship, created by the British Parliament in the 1950s as gratitude for U.S. support after World War II, supports American graduates to pursue study at UK institutions. Forty-three scholars were chosen this year from over 1,000 applicants. Harvard recipients include Kashish Bastola ’26, Hannah Duane ’26, Tenzin Gund-Morrow ’26, Ashwin Sivakumar ’26, and Edith Siyanbade ’24. Bastola will study military history at Oxford, and Duane will continue work on Hannah Arendt at Oxford.

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