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.
Harvard Divinity School Sets New Priorities
After two years of turmoil, Dean Marla Frederick describes a more pluralistic future for the institution’s culture and curriculum.
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
Review of Boston restaurant Vee Vee
Vee Vee in Jamaica Plain turns out innovative food that is fresh, healthy, delicious, and modestly priced.
Of New England-grown food, Still River Winery apple ice wine, and fermentation
A cookbook writer and anthropologist, apple ice wine makers, and a fermentation aficionado celebrate New England food.
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.