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.
Great books teach life lessons: Christopher Beha reads the Harvard Classics cove
A new book documents a Princetonian’s year-long immersion in the Harvard Classics, the venerable "Five-foot Shelf" of Great Books.
Letters & Letterman
Bill Scheft ‘79 writes comedy for David Letterman, as well as novels.
The Hajj, Screened Large
"Journey to Mecca," co-produced by Taran Davies ’93, is a new IMAX film about the Hajj.
Cultures in Conflict
Paul M. Barrett reviews “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West,” by Christopher Caldwell ’83
Shuttered Behind Bars
In a new book, photographer Bruce Jackson presents old ID photo portraits from an Arkansas prison.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
"Days With the Family Realist"
A poem for the 2009 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises
Slaying Dragons
A crime novelist explores the deepest cracks in the human heart.
Love Nest
The most romantic tent in town
Feeding an Addiction
Enlisting the food industry in the fight against obesity