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.

A theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Harvard Wireless club

Student ham enthusiasts turn back time.

by Max J. Krupnick

Filmmaker Salvador Litvaks Jewish Movies

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

The Sum of Our Choices

On the limitations of a prevailing worldview

Publications by Harvard Authors Spring 2025: New Releases

Operatic counterculture, a Passover graphic novel, James Joyce’s biographer, and more

Jessica Shand—Math and Music at Harvard

Jessica Shand blends math and music.

by Nina Pasquini

Children's Books from Ann Kim Ha

Ann Kim Ha’s poignant children’s books

by Lydialyle Gibson

Chinese Immigrants in Early America

Michael Luo ’98 on the first great wave of immigration—and of nativist anti-immigrant reaction

Harvard Percussionist and Composer Jessie Cox

An experimental percussionist-composer pushing the limits of music

by Lydialyle Gibson

Remembering Harvard Professor and Composer Earl Kim

A documentary revisits the composer and Harvard professor’s music.

by Nina Pasquini

Staging Memory

The A.R.T. adapts The Odyssey.

by Max J. Krupnick