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.
George Reisner
Brief life of a pioneering Egyptologist: 1867-1942
Milman Parry
Brief life of a Homeric scholar with a big idea: 1902-1935
Harvard Horizons Spotlights Seven Scholars
Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
by Jacob Sweet
Being Alive Together
Stephen Sondheim, Omicron, and the Power of Theater
Adamantios Korais
Brief life of a leader of the Greek Enlightenment: 1748-1833
The Poet of Old Age
Donald Hall, chronicler of life
by Adam Kirsch
Critique and Joy
Kevin Young’s anthology of African American poetry, from Phillis Wheatley to hip hop
by Elisa New
Namwali Serpell
The professor of English is also a novelist and a critic.
Musician and professor Braxton Shelley
A gospel scholar shapes music theory.
by Jacob Sweet
Humanities and democratic discourse belong together
Active citizens are humanists.
by Doris Sommer