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.
Humanities and democratic discourse belong together
Active citizens are humanists.
by Doris Sommer
Secretaries’ role in history of information
From a huge new book on the history of information, an excerpt on the role of secretaries
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.
At Home with Harvard: Election Day
In a year like no other, read a selection of Harvard Magazine stories on the forces that will shape the presidential election outcome.
See Their Faces
Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”
Harvard Portrait: Mayra Rivera
How apocalyptic narratives help make sense of the modern world
Review of Martin Puchner’s “The Language of Thieves”
A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.
At Home with Harvard: Sounds of Music
A selection of our stories on musicians, composers, conductors, music scholars, and more