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.

John Goldberg named Dean of Harvard Law School

A professor at HLS since 2008, he steps up from the interim role.

by Vivian W. Rong

Basking in the Beaux-Arts

Park offers art, nature, and history in New Hampshire

by Nell Porter-Brown

Small Talk, From Afar

Student ham enthusiasts turn back time.

by Max J. Krupnick

Faith through Film

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

Off the Shelf

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

The Shape of Sound

Jessica Shand blends math and music.

by Nina Pasquini

The Sum of Our Choices

On the limitations of a prevailing worldview

The Chinese in America

Michael Luo ’98 on the first great wave of immigration—and of nativist anti-immigrant reaction

A New Voice

Ann Kim Ha’s poignant children’s books

by Lydialyle Gibson

Jessie Cox

An experimental percussionist-composer pushing the limits of music

by Lydialyle Gibson

Remembering Earl Kim

A documentary revisits the composer and Harvard professor’s music.

by Nina Pasquini