University of Chicago, will also join the Harvard faculty.
A prominent human rights scholar, she will serve as the executive director of the University human rights committee and will also teach at the Law School and the Kennedy School.
Luring Homi and Jacqueline Bhabha from the University of Chicago was difficult and took nearly two years, according to Buell.
"Both Homi and Jacqueline Bhabha had senior positions at the University of
Chicago, which very much valued them. It's never easy to move in mid-life," Buell said. "We had to show that we had a more attractive situation."
Although Bhabha said the decision to come to Harvard was "extremely difficult," the decision was made easier with the matriculation of his son, Ishan K. Bhabha '04 .
"I look forward to the special pleasure of turning a corner and bumping into [Ishan]," Bhabha said.
Bhabha also expressed eagerness to play a part in what he called Harvard's educational and cultural mission.
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