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.
Matt Levine's Bloomberg Finance Column Makes Money Funny
Matt Levine’s spunky Bloomberg column
The Radcliffe Institute’s “Why Books?” conference
The Radcliffe Institute’s “Why Books?” conference touches on a timely theme.
Jill Lepore's "The Whites of Their Eyes" puts the Tea Party into perspective
Harvard historian Jill Lepore puts the modern day Tea Party movement into historical perspective.
Kloppenberg on Obama: melding individual interests into the common good
James Kloppenberg explicates Barack Obama’s perspective on the American democratic ideal of melding individual views and interests into the common good.
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.
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.
Excerpt from "Reading Obama," by James T. Kloppenberg
Deliberative democracy, philosophical pragmatism, and Barack Obama's conception of American governance
Profile of American suffragist Alice Paul
Brief life of a pioneering suffragist: 1885-1977
by Mary Walton
Review of "Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead" by Rick Meyerowitz
Rick Meyerowitz’s Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is a compendium of the best pieces from the National Lampoon.