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.
The Discovery of a Lost Harvard Museum
Recreating the Philosophy Chamber
Linguists’ search for the nature of speech, sign, and universal grammar
How linguists use sign languages to understand universal grammar
Harvard Business professor Mihir A. Desai ties finance to the humanities
A Business School professor ties finance and humanities together.
Harvard plans significant data science institute
Unveiling a University research initiative
Learning to Lose
Sharmila Sen on making a life in the humanities.
by Bailey Trela
Profile of historian Elizabeth Hinton
A scholar of race, justice, and public policy
Harvard Houghton Library 75th anniversary exhibition
A humanistic “masterclass” for Houghton Library's seventy-fifth anniversary
Boston Review editor Joshua Cohen on “Fake News” and the Post-Trump Media
Boston Review editor Joshua Cohen on the role of the media after Trump.
Deidre Lynch on Jane Austen and loving literature
Deidre Lynch on the cult of Jane Austen and the complexities of loving literature
Ukrainian-language collections housed at Harvard
One of the largest Ukrainian-language collections in the world, housed at Harvard