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.

New Books from Harvard Authors

Bad Bunny, spider fears, healthcare policy, and more

by Gabriella Gage

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and his law clerk, the young Alan Dershowitz, in 1963—a pivotal intersection in the history of capital punishment

Recent books on inequality in Australia, Harvard math, life after law, and more

Recent books with Harvard connections

George Scialabba at Café Pamplona in Cambridge

Book reviewer George Scialabba practices a radical craft

“One of America’s best all-round intellects” scrutinizes books.

by Craig Lambert

Frontispiece (1772) for <i>Encyclop&eacute;die</i>, edited by Denis Diderot: Truth, bathed in light, is unveiled by Philosophy and Reason

Excerpt from "Fire and Light" by James MacGregor Burns

James MacGregor Burns, Ph.D. ’47, on intellect, governance, and the Enlightenment

<i>Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play</i>

Composer Michael Friedman and The Civilians

Composer Michael Friedman’s “investigative theater”

by Tom Vinciguerra

A book alleging &ldquo;collaboration&rdquo; between Hollywood studios and Hitler&rsquo;s government has generated controversy.

Collaboration between Hitler and Hollywood Documented by Harvard's Urwand

A new book documents censorship by Hollywood at the bidding of Hitler's Nazi government.

by Erin O’Donnell

John Singleton Copley&rsquo;s <i>A Boy with a Flying Squirrel,</i> 1765

Harvard art historian Jennifer Roberts teaches the value of immersive attention

Teaching students the value of deceleration and immersive attention

by Jennifer L. Roberts

On Pier 1: Brooklyn Bridge Park&rsquo;s harbor-view lawn

Michael Van Valkenburgh, Harvard landscape architecture professor: a profile

Michael Van Valkenburgh helps lead a second great age of city-making.

by William S. Saunders

Harvard researchers study technology's effect on adolescent development

Apps are shaping teens' notions of identity, intimacy, and imagination.

by Katherine Xue

Exterior view of the Cabot Science Library in the Science Center, as it exists today, before planning begins for a comprehensive renovation

Science library at Harvard will be reimagined for the 21st century

The science center space will be reimagined for 21st century knowledge production and exchange.

In his new book, <i>The Story of the Human Body,</i> Lerner professor of biological sciences Daniel Lieberman—shown with skeletons of a human being, an Eastern gorilla, and a chimpanzee at the Harvard Museum of Natural History—discusses major evolutionary developments and the relevance of our evolutionary heritage in relation to our problems today.

Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman discusses health and human evolution

The evolutionary biologist's new book addresses health and human evolution.