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.

These Harvard Mountaineers Braved Denali’s Wall of Ice

John Graham’s Denali Diary documents a dangerous and historic climb.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Reza Aslan discusses bestseller "Zealot" at Harvard Divinity School

The author discusses his bestseller, Zealot, at Harvard Divinity School.

Vice President Sarah Thomas shares her vision for the Harvard Library

The leader of the University-wide library system shares her vision for effecting strategic change.

Seamus Heaney has died

The Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory emeritus honored Harvard through his teaching and his words.

Photographer Diana Mara Henry publishes her collection "Women on the Move"

Photographer Diana Mara Henry ’69 publishes her collection Women on the Move.

by Kristen Strezo

Facing declining enrollments, the humanities reinvent themselves

Facing declining enrollments, the humanities seek to reinvent themselves.

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Harvard's Walter Johnson on the slave South

The capitalist economy and dark dreams of the slaveholding South

by Michael Bernath

A South African refugee crisis

An alumna recounts a refugee crisis in South Africa.

Self-Fashioning in Society and Solitude

On crafting a liberal-arts education by reading the classics and shaping one's life course

by Nannerl O. Keohane