Humanities & Arts
Explore the intellectual and creative pursuits within philosophy, history, literature, and the fine arts at Harvard.
Harvard Professor Michael Sandel Wins Philosophy’s Berggruen Prize
The creator of the popular ‘Justice’ course receives a $1 million award.
Historian Ronald Suny Discusses Armenian Genocide at Harvard's Davis Center
On the centenary, historian Ronald G. Suny discusses the causes of the twentieth century’s first genocide.
Harvard's African and African American art gallery opens
Another art museum opens—this one, a gallery for African and African-American Art.
Harvard arts and sciences enrollment, faculty growth
Highlights from Dean Michael D. Smith’s annual report
Schlesinger Library's new exhibit showcases the Civil War's personal histories
A Schlesinger Library exhibit reveals the domestic side of the war.
History turns toward the global, the scientific, and the quantitative
Scholars pursue sweeping new interpretations of the human past.
Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard's Washington, D.C., center, celebrates new spaces
Harvard’s Washington, D.C., humanities center enhances its community—and its intellectual reach
Harvard Library helps preserve Tibet’s literary heritage
Harvard Library helps preserve Tibet’s literary heritage.
Harvard’s Loeb Classical Library goes digital
A digital “rebirth” for the series of Greek and Roman classics
Harvard students spend summer on arts and humanities research projects
Harvard undergraduates delve deep into summer humanistic research.
Maya Jasanoff sees uses of fiction in study of history
Historian Maya Jasanoff says fiction can capture the subjective experience of the past.