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.
Harvard Portrait: Shawon Kinew
Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history
Can perfect equality exist?
Eric Nelson says John Rawls led modern philosophy astray.
David Damrosch promotes world literature
David Damrosch’s literary global reach
Excerpt from “The Soul of Care” by Arthur Kleinman
A medical anthropologist cares for his Alzheimer’s-stricken wife.
The Market-Model University
Humanities in the age of money
Excerpt from Suzanne Preston Blier, “Picasso’s ‘Demoiselles’”
A Harvard scholar presents the “untold origins of a modern masterpiece.”
The Work of Art
At a seminal conference, black creative intellectuals explore white supremacy, the arts, and justice.
Masha Gessen on the Stories We Tell About Migration
The Russian-American journalist challenges “moral defaults” about immigrants.
In search of deeper learning
What the rare bright spots in American high-school education teach
Harvard’s Houghton Library to be renovated
A renovation to make Houghton Library “open to all”
by Jacob Sweet