Humanities & Arts


A New Chapter for Harvard Arts

The Office for the Arts turns 50, and its longtime director steps down.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Shakespearean Romance

Fifty Years with The Riverside Shakespeare

by Cynthia Lewis

The Case for Indeterminacy

The purpose of the humanities, at Harvard and in the world

by Isabella Cho

Model Masterpieces

Thirteen sculptures from Gian Lorenzo Bernini at Harvard Art Museums.

by Nina Pasquini

Quantum Leaps

Ballerina and quantum physicist Merritt Moore ’11 connects humans and machines.

by Nina Pasquini

“Carving Out Time”

A monumental exhibit of woodblock prints from the Harvard Art Museums

by Nina Pasquini

Picasso at War

Harvard Art Museums exhibit on depictions of combat and revolution

by Nina Pasquini

Inside Harvard’s Taylor Swift Class

An English course pairs the music with Willa Cather, William Wordsworth, and Dolly Parton.

by Nina Pasquini

Vacationing with a Purpose

New England “summer camps” for adults

by Nell Porter Brown

Spellbound on Stage

Actor and young adult novelist Aislinn Brophy

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Dogged Observer

Novelist and psychiatrist Daniel Mason takes the long view.

by Max J. Krupnick