Arts & Culture
Explore Harvard’s vibrant arts scene—from campus exhibitions and theater to cultural analysis and literary reviews. Discover how creativity shapes the Harvard experience.
Archival articles on Harvard in the entertainment and comedy industries
Three articles from Harvard Magazine’s archives explore the roles Harvard alumni have played in the entertainment industry and their influence on comedy.
Image gallery: homeless artists respond to stereotypes
Paintings by homeless artists in New Jersey respond to the social perception of homeless people as cold and incompetent.
Video: Modern-day Romanticism - poet April Bernard reads and discusses her work
In her latest book of poems, April Bernard aims to capture the intensity of the Romantic Era. Watch as she discusses, and reads from, her work.
Harvard Library digital exhibition on the magic of reading
A sampler from the Harvard University Library's online collection Reading: Harvard Views of Readers, Readership, and Reading History.
The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library from Harvard University Press
A new series from Harvard University Press reintroduces works that mattered in the Middle Ages. With excerpts from two of the works.
William James centennial conference and exhibition
A conference and an exhibition at Houghton Library showcase the legacy of the pioneering psychologist and philosopher.
Harvard renovates building to create new labs for stem-cell research
Harvard renews an older building to create new labs in Cambridge for stem-cell research.
Excerpt from "Reading Obama," by James T. Kloppenberg
Deliberative democracy, philosophical pragmatism, and Barack Obama's conception of American governance
Major retrospective showcases photographer Susan Meiselas and her work
Photographer Susan Meiselas’s quest to understand via images. With audio from the interview.
Profile of American suffragist Alice Paul
Brief life of a pioneering suffragist: 1885-1977
by Mary Walton