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.
Schlesinger Library's new exhibit showcases the Civil War's personal histories
A Schlesinger Library exhibit reveals the domestic side of the war.
History turns toward the global, the scientific, and the quantitative
Scholars pursue sweeping new interpretations of the human past.
Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard's Washington, D.C., center, celebrates new spaces
Harvard’s Washington, D.C., humanities center enhances its community—and its intellectual reach
Harvard Library helps preserve Tibet’s literary heritage
Harvard Library helps preserve Tibet’s literary heritage.
Harvard’s Loeb Classical Library goes digital
A digital “rebirth” for the series of Greek and Roman classics
Harvard students spend summer on arts and humanities research projects
Harvard undergraduates delve deep into summer humanistic research.
Maya Jasanoff sees uses of fiction in study of history
Historian Maya Jasanoff says fiction can capture the subjective experience of the past.
Innovation in humanities courses aims to reach larger numbers of students
New gateways into the humanities for students “still fully molten as human beings”
Papyrus and lampblack from the Gospel of Jesus's Wife appear ancient
Ink and papyrus dating are consistent with an ancient origin.
At Harvard, Dava Sobel discusses what convinced Copernicus to publish his work
At Harvard, Dava Sobel discusses the conversation that convinced Copernicus to publish his lifework.