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

The Monuments Men: Rescuing art from the Nazis

Harvard’s Monuments Men at war

Rare-book dealers Jon and Margaret Richardson specialize in the Bloomsbury Group

Rare-book dealers Jon and Margaret Richardson are fans of the Bloomsbury Group.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Sportscaster J.B. Brown writes about his "Role of a Lifetime"

Sportscaster J.B. Brown writes about his "Role of a Lifetime"

by Melanie E. Long

The Harvard founders of literary magazine n+1

Three Harvard Advocate alumni helped found a highbrow literary periodical.

Excerpt from Charles Gross’s A Hole in the Head

An excerpt from A Hole in the Head: More Tales in the History of Neuroscience, by Charles Gross ’57

Quotation Q and A

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

David Warsh reviews "This Time Is Different" by Carmen Reinhart & Kenneth Rogoff

David Warsh reviews This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff.

by David Warsh

Books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Former financier Norb Vonnegut’s investment-world thriller

Top Producer, by Norb Vonnegut ’80, is a thriller set on Wall Street. Listen to excerpts from an interview with its stockbroker author.

by Craig Lambert

Photo history of Harvard Square

A new book of photographs tells Harvard Square’s history since the 1950s. Test your own Square knowledge for a chance to win a copy of the book.

by Craig Lambert