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

HBS professor Clayton Christensen questions the future of higher education

The HBS professor predicts that online education will disrupt old models.

Esmeralda Santiago overcomes stroke to publish epic novel

The new historical novel by the Harvard-educated author has earned wide praise.

Excerpt from Sophia Rosenfeld, "Common Sense: A Political History"

Historian Sophia Rosenfeld examines the origins of politicians' appeals to "common sense."

Profile of Janny Scott, author of "A Singular Woman"

Janny Scott '77 introduces Barack Obama's mother to a wider audience.

by Maya E. Shwayder

Carl Schoonover and "Portraits of the Mind" merge science and aesthetics

Carl Schoonover ’06 merges science and aesthetics.

by Sarah Zhang

E.O. Wilson is coauthor of two new ant books

In two new books, E.O. Wilson and his coauthors introduce pioneer myrmecologist José Celestino Mutis, and the ants that are "the most complex socially of all animals, except for humans."

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Nancy Koehn reviews Louis Hyman's "Debtor Nation"

Nancy Koehn reviews Louis Hyman's Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink.

by Nancy F. Koehn

Stephen Greenblatt traces how Lucretius in "De Rerum Natura" shaped the present

Stephen Greenblatt traces the influence of Lucretius, through De Rerum Natura, on modern thought.

by Christian Flow

In the "Tragedy of Arthur," Arthur Phillips riffs on a forged Shakespeare play

A con man, his son, and a fiction on two levels

by Amelia Atlas