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.
Facing declining enrollments, the humanities reinvent themselves
Facing declining enrollments, the humanities seek to reinvent themselves.
A letter from the editor
A letter from the editor on the humanities at Harvard
Helen Vendler's collaboration with Arion Press
The poetry critic, the publisher, and the art of bookmaking in a digital era
How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new reports
How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new faculty reports
Harvard Horizons doctoral students' ideas that may reshape their disciplines
A new program recognizes eight doctoral students whose ideas, innovations, and insights could change their fields.
Harvard faculty chosen Radcliffe Institute fellows
Fifteen Harvard faculty members chosen.
Japanese falconry preserved by note-taking
An item in the history of note-taking
HarvardX offers Justice, Classics courses
New Harvard online courses go beyond quantitative subjects to include "Justice," ancient Greece
Harvard Divinity's Ahmed wins Grawemeyer Award
Harvard Divinity School scholar recognized for book on Muslim women and the veil
Helen Vendler on admitting and nurturing creative undergraduates
Helen Vendler on how to welcome and nurture the poets and painters of the future