2023 John Aroutiounian Fellows
Shani Agarwal, HDS ‘23
Shani Agarwal is a Master’s of Theological Studies student at Harvard University, focusing on Medieval Religion and the Arts. She is especially interested in iconography, relics, and pilgrimage. She is also involved with the Harvard Catholic Forum. She graduated from Bowdoin College in 2020, with an A.B. in Classics. Before beginning her studies at Harvard, she taught at a Catholic elementary school in Maine and interned with the Classic Planning Institute. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, reading, traveling, and antiquing.
ALexander Hughes ‘25
Alex Hughes is a member of Harvard's Class of 2025, concentrating in Government with a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy. Originally from Marshall, Michigan, he is involved with the John Adams Society, the Harvard Republican Club, and the Harvard Undergraduate Foreign Policy Initiative. He has been recently named an AAI John Aroutiounian Fellow. His favorite writers include Dostoevsky, Lincoln, and Augustine.
Fred Larsen ‘24
Fred Larsen is a student at Harvard College '24 from Chapel Hill, North Carolina studying political philosophy. He is interested in attempts to rejuvenate the spirit of classical political thought, with special attention to Plato and Rousseau. He is also a regularly performing trombonist, and is interested in the connection between music and politics. He is an active member of the John Adams Society and performs music for the Hasty Pudding and the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.