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.

Cambridge Once Fought Harvard’s DNA Research. Now There’s a Play About It.

A theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Mineralogical Marvels

Rocky treasures from the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Harvard in China: panelists address urban planning and sustainable growth

A panel discussion with Mohsen Mostafavi, Alex Krieger, Lin Wang, John C. Portman III, Wu Jiang, and Yu Kongjian

A special edition of J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard speech includes Braille words

Francie Randolph ’87 has combined Braille and J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard address to create a limited-edition book.

by Craig Lambert

Carl Sprague designs film and theater sets

Carl Sprague ’84 designs sets for local theater companies and Hollywood movies.

by Craig Lambert

Review of Maurice Charney's “Wrinkled Deep in Time”

Adam Kirsch review Maurice Charney’s Wrinkled Deep in Time: Aging in Shakespeare.

by Adam Kirsch

An excerpt from "Tocqueville's Discovery of America," by Leo Damrosch

An excerpt from Tocqueville's Discovery of America, by Leo Damrosch

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Quotation Q and A

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

American composer Johnny Green

Brief life of a conflicted musician: 1908-1989

by Sol Hurwitz

Nineteenth-century dancing lessons

A professor's passion reveals how one learned to dance in Jane Austen's day.

by Christopher Reed