Arts & Culture
This is How Universities Die
Higher ed thrived in Berlin and Beijing. Then government stepped in.
by William C. Kirby
John Ruskin, Victorian Radical and Art Historian
A Houghton exhibition explores the thinker’s influences and impact.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Tracy K. Smith Named Harvard Arts Medalist
The U.S. poet laureate will be honored on May 2.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Manuscripts Illuminated…by Women
Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Arts Arrive in Allston
Alongside a huge applied-sciences center, a toehold for art-making
Native Modern
Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Glorious “Genji”
A magnificent set of images, published—and exhibited
Artistic Capital
In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value
by Samantha Culp
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
“Here and Then Gone”
Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections