Humanities & Arts
Radcliffe Celebrates 25
A “messy experiment” in creative, interdisciplinary research
by Nina Pasquini
How Do Movies Use Music?
Producer Robert Kraft discusses cinematic audio.
by Max J. Krupnick
An Egyptian Archaeological Treasure
Worker journals detail the scientific approach promulgated by George Reisner.
by Jack R. Trapanick
History in Progress
How the War on Terror reshaped American life
by Nina Pasquini
Remembering Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan
On a Radcliffe-Harvard memorial to remarkable figures
“Edifying and Beautiful”
Botanical illustrations on display at Harvard’s rare book library
by Jack R. Trapanick
Mechanical Intelligence and Counterfeit Humanity
Reflections on six decades of relations with computers
by Harry R. Lewis
Alison Simmons
A philosopher on perception, the canon, and being “a minded thing”
by Nina Pasquini
Vision and Justice
How photographs promote social justice
by Nina Pasquini
The DNA of World Literature
A new Norton Anthology, edited by Harvard’s Martin Puchner, reimagines the global literary tradition.
by Nina Pasquini
The “Dangers and Duties that Lie Ahead”
Drew Giplin Faust and Tracy K. Smith at the Phi Beta Kappa Exercises
by Lydialyle Gibson