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.
Harvard Divinity School Sets New Priorities
After two years of turmoil, Dean Marla Frederick describes a pluralistic future for the institution’s culture and curriculum.
jazz concert for Tom Everett of Harvard Bands
The Harvard University Jazz Bands performed a special concert for recently retired director Tom Everett.
Harvard showcases Calderwood Collection art from Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia
Art on display from Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia spans a millennium.
Nick Wyman promotes the arts as president of Actors' Equity Association
A Broadway actor on the “true spark of theater”
Martin Puchner, author and professor of drama and of English
The English professor has already written three books and edited the 6,000-page third edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature.
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Christoph Irmscher biography of Louis Agassiz reviewed by James Hanken
The fruitful, flawed Louis Agassiz
by James Hanken
Recent books by E.O. Wilson, Ezekiel Emanuel, Elliott Abrams, and more
Recent books with Harvard connections
Julie Mallozzi's film Indelible Lalita tells a medical and spiritual story
Indelible Lalita’s saga of pigmentation and personhood
by Laura Levis
History of napalm origins at Harvard
A new book traces napalm's invention to Harvard—and its evolution from heroic discovery to pariah
Soman Chainani's new fantasy-adventure novel is a fairy tale for today’s world
A fairy tale for today’s world