Humanities
Explore the intellectual and creative pursuits within philosophy, history, literature, and the fine arts at Harvard.
The Year a Beat Poet Squatted at Harvard
In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.
Houghton unveils TS Eliot letter about his muse Emily Hale
A bombshell letter from modernist poet T.S. Eliot, 50 years after his death
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.
Rafael Campo of HMS: a profile by Lydialyle Gibson
Rafael Campo’s compassionate care