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.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Out with the Sake, in with the Ale

Reading and translating a Chinese poem with Stephen Owen

LaToya M. Hobbs Exhibit "Carving Out Time" Debuts at Harvard Art Museums

A monumental exhibit of woodblock prints from the Harvard Art Museums

by Nina Pasquini

Pablo Picasso Exhibit Opens at Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museums exhibit on depictions of combat and revolution

by Nina Pasquini

Inside Harvard’s Taylor Swift Course

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

Making Space

The natural history of Junko Yamamoto’s art and architecture

by Nina Pasquini

The Immigrant Experience

Glenda Carpio on the new migration narrative

by Nina Pasquini

Harvard Lowell House Opera Reimagines an Art Form

Students and professionals collaborate on The Unknowable, an opera-ballet set to premiere at Sanders Theatre this weekend. 

by Nina Pasquini