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.
Open Book: A New Nuclear Age
Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy’s latest book looks at the rising danger of a new arms race.
Books by Michael Sandel, Jill Lepore, Eric Sandweiss, Philip Warburg, and others
Recent books with Harvard connections
"Golden Holocaust," by Robert N. Proctor, advocates the abolition of cigarettes
Robert Proctor’s Golden Holocaust urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.
Harvard exhibits bicentennial Edward Lear animal art
A bicentennial exhibition features the little-known, masterful animal artistry of Edward Lear.
Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson urge compromise in U.S. politics
Continuous campaigning and gridlocked governing in American politics
Radcliffe fellow Trethewey named poet laureate
Natasha Trethewey was a 2001 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.
Phi Beta Kappa exercises 2012: Derek Bok on civics education; poet Kay Ryan
Poet and orator highlight Harvard's Phi Beta Kappa literary exercises.
American Academy of Arts and Letters awards to Harvard alumni
Alumni recognized by American Academy of Arts and Letters
Harvard poets celebrated at a dramatic live reading
Showcasing works from the past century-plus
Harvard library staffers protest after possible layoffs are announced
The threat of library staff layoffs, absent details, leads to consternation and protests.
Amanda Claybaugh, explicator of the nineteenth-century novel
Meet the expert on nineteenth-century novels and reformist writings.