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.

Being Undocumented in America

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s writing aims to challenge assumptions. 

by Nina Pasquini

Panic in the Year Zero: A Poem by D.A. Powell

A poem by D.A. Powell, from the 2010 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises. [audio]

2010 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises with Natalie Zemon Davis and D.A. Powell

Historian Natalie Zemon Davis speaks on "The Possibilities of Friendship." Also featuring poet D.A. Powell with a vivid new work. [video/audio]

Gutenberg 2.0: What future for libraries?

Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change.

by Jonathan Shaw

Skyscrapers as symbols

In Tall Building: Imagining the Skyscraper, Scott Johnson explores the semiotics of these urban giants.

by Jonathan Shaw

David Warsh reviews Robert J. Samuelson's The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath

David Warsh reviews Robert J. Samuelson's The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath

by David Warsh

The Green-Pea Memo

Poking fun “at the academic-bureaucratic mentality of university life”

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Quotation Q & A

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Libraries in the digital era: links to Harvard collections and a humorous video

Highlights from the digital collections of the Harvard libraries, and video humor

A special edition of J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard speech includes Braille words

Francie Randolph ’87 has combined Braille and J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard address to create a limited-edition book.

by Craig Lambert