Humanities
Explore the intellectual and creative pursuits within philosophy, history, literature, and the fine arts at Harvard.
At Harvard’s Peabody Museum, Photos Reimagine Iranian History
Artist Azadeh Akhlaghi reconstructs moments of Iranian political upheaval in a series of meticulously staged images.
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.
Secretaries’ role in history of information
From a huge new book on the history of information, an excerpt on the role of secretaries
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
An intellectual history of the Cold War era
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
Peabody Museum Discovers Possible Slave Remains in Its Collections
“We must begin to confront the reality of a past in which academic curiosity and opportunity overwhelmed humanity,” Harvard president Lawrence Bacow wrote.
Harvard Portrait: Cassandra Albinson
A curator takes a fresh look at portraits of aristocratic European women.