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.

The Artist Edward Gorey—and Pets—at Harvard

Winter exhibits at Houghton Library   

by Nell Porter-Brown

Brontë juvenilia in Houghton Library at Harvard

Miniature manuscript books by Charlotte Brontë

by Christopher Reed

Peter Sellars at Adams House, and an Upstairs at the Pudding restaurant girlhood

An Upstairs at the Pudding girlhood, and undergraduate impresario Peter Sellars at Adams House

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Robert Sampson documents enduring neighborhood differences in Chicago

Sociologist Robert J. Sampson documents enduring neighborhood differences in Chicago.

Arthur Kleinman on the modern Chinese psyche

Arthur Kleinman and colleagues explore the Chinese people's yearnings after a century of upheaval and disasters.

Harvard republishes Stephen Jay Gould

Popular works by evolutionary biologist and baseball fan Stephen Jay Gould back in print

Katrina Roberts's poems trace life back to stardust

Katrina Roberts’s poems suggest that life springs from stardust.

by Craig Lambert

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, explored by Adam Kirsch

Adam Kirsch reads the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library—the latest stage in the “American conquest of the Middle Ages”

by Adam Kirsch

Adam Kirsch, Mark Whitaker, and Niall Ferguson have new books out

Adam Kirsch, Mark Whitaker, and Niall Ferguson have new books out.