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Black and white photo of a large mushroom cloud rising above the horizon.

Open Book: A New Nuclear Age

Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy’s latest book looks at the rising danger of a new arms race.

Julie Riew, wearing a white dress, playing guitar and singing into a microphone on stage.

Bringing Korean Stories to Life

Composer Julia Riew writes the musicals she needed to see.

by Max J. Krupnick

group of people with camera equipment above the fjords in Iceland

Filmmaker John Armstrong’s Adventure Documentaries

Filmmaker John Armstrong’s “outdoor adventures” find the human spirit.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Illustration of a tilted dollar bill with George Washington’s face, partially submerged in ocean waves under cloudy skies.

Will the U.S. Dollar Always Be So Powerful?

The preeminence of U.S. currency at risk

Alexander Gardner’s 1868 photo shows federal peace commissioners with Sophie Mousseau, the lone woman at center.

Harvard Summer Reading Picks | 2025

The wealth gap, shamanism, the life of David Nathan, and more

Black-and-white photo of a person wearing a “STRIKE” shirt facing a large crowd in a stadium during a protest.

Harvard’s Michael Ansara on Activism and Resistance

A retrospective on resistance

David Leo Rice

David Leo Rice on 'The Berlin Wall'

David Leo Rice explores the strange, unseen forces shaping our world.

by Nina Pasquini

A six-foot-tall, five-panel folded screen stands in a field of grass next to the woods. It's painted different shades of green, with some squares cut out that represent digital pixels.

Julia Rooney’s Cyanotype Art At Harvard

Julia Rooney’s paintings cross the analog-digital divide.

by Claire Zulkey

Salvador Litvak smiles, arms crossed, in a vest and hat on a city street.

Filmmaker Salvador Litvaks Jewish Movies

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

Shirley Graham Du Bois in white blouse, photographed in profile, 1946.

Publications by Harvard Authors Spring 2025: New Releases

Operatic counterculture, a Passover graphic novel, James Joyce’s biographer, and more

Jessica Shand holds a flute, seated in a music lab.

Jessica Shand—Math and Music at Harvard

Jessica Shand blends math and music.

by Nina Pasquini