Humanities & Arts


Quincy Jones and Harvard

Remembering a great musician’s Crimson ties

by Jerold S. Kayden

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

An Interfaith Answer to Campus Tensions

Discussing religious pluralism at Harvard Divinity School 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Radcliffe Institute Announces 2024-2025 Fellows

Scholars will pursue interdisciplinary research on climate change, the Supreme Court, and more. 

by Nina Pasquini