Humanities & Arts
Explore the intellectual and creative pursuits within philosophy, history, literature, and the fine arts at Harvard.
Power is Knowledge
Who gets to make universal art?
by Yasmeen Khan
The “Dangers and Duties that Lie Ahead”
Drew Giplin Faust and Tracy K. Smith at the Phi Beta Kappa Exercises
An Interfaith Answer to Harvard Campus Tensions
Discussing religious pluralism at Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Radcliffe Institute Announces 2024-2025 Fellows
Scholars will pursue interdisciplinary research on climate change, the Supreme Court, and more.
AI @ Harvard
Harvard symposium assesses the new technology.
A New Chapter for Harvard Arts
The Office for the Arts turns 50, and its longtime director steps down.
A Shakespearean Romance
Fifty Years with The Riverside Shakespeare
Why Study the Humanities at Harvard?
The purpose of the humanities, at Harvard and in the world
by Isabella Cho
Bernini’s Model Masterpieces at the Harvard Art Museums
Thirteen sculptures from Gian Lorenzo Bernini at Harvard Art Museums.
The Harvard Ballerina and Physicist
Ballerina and quantum physicist Merritt Moore ’11 connects humans and machines.
Out with the Sake, in with the Ale
Reading and translating a Chinese poem with Stephen Owen