Humanities
Explore the intellectual and creative pursuits within philosophy, history, literature, and the fine arts at Harvard.
Mount Vernon, Historic Preservation, and American Politics
Anne Neal Petri promotes George Washington and historic literacy.
David Leo Rice on 'The Berlin Wall'
David Leo Rice explores the strange, unseen forces shaping our world.
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025-2026 Fellows
Scholars pursue projects ranging from reducing ethnic violence to searching for an undiscovered super-Earth.
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Announced
Winners across five categories, from commentary on Gaza to criticism on public architecture
Nineteenth Century Letters Between Two Harvard Undergraduates
An antebellum correspondence between two Harvard undergraduates
by Beth Luey
Paper Peepshows at Harvard's Baker Library
How “paper peepshows” brought distant realms to life
The Sum of Our Choices
On the limitations of a prevailing worldview
The Franklin Stove—A Historical Climate Change Adaptation
Historian Joyce E. Chaplin reinterprets an early era of invention, industrialization, and climate challenge
The Trump Administration's Impact on Higher Education
Unprecedented federal actions against research funding, diversity, speech, and more
Harvard Percussionist and Composer Jessie Cox
An experimental percussionist-composer pushing the limits of music
Remembering Harvard Professor and Composer Earl Kim
A documentary revisits the composer and Harvard professor’s music.