Research & Ideas
Discover Harvard research, scholarship, and ideas shaping the world—from science and technology to policy, education, and the humanities.
Remembering Jack Reardon
He was Harvard’s quintessential people person.
The Humanities, Digitized
Reconceiving the study of culture
Harvard curricular and research connections to India
President Faust's first visit to the South Asian nation highlights research and curricular connections old and new.
Panel on Islamophobia and anti-Americanism with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
A panel addresses cultural misunderstandings and Arab "emancipation."
Arthur Kleinman on the modern Chinese psyche
Arthur Kleinman and colleagues explore the Chinese people's yearnings after a century of upheaval and disasters.
John Briscoe discusses water as a platform for development (video)
Four Harvard students from four different disciplines discuss a summer spent in Pakistan investigating water-related issues.
Water Security Initiative trains a new generation of multitalented specialists
John Briscoe tackles water insecurity around the world.
The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, explored by Adam Kirsch
Adam Kirsch reads the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library—the latest stage in the “American conquest of the Middle Ages”
by Adam Kirsch
An undergraduate travels to Namibia to participate in WorldTeach
An undergraduate travels to Namibia in the hope that, by flinging herself to a faraway place, she will figure things out.
Sackler exhibition reveals artistic discovery in Renaissance Europe
An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.
Photographs of early modern printed-paper sundials
Photographs of early modern printed-paper sundials