Nation Let’s not be strangers ‘Seeing Others’ author Michèle Lamont has an escape plan for people fed up with years of bitter division
World Did winning the Nobel change your life? Harvard laureates say it gave bully pulpit, brought invitations to speak (sometimes on subjects they know nothing about), meet kings (and play poker with Steve Martin)
Arts When ‘The Boss’ is your therapist New book by psychologist, sociologist surveys depth, complexity of Bruce Springsteen’s connection to his female fans
Arts ‘Living one’s life during and after the violation of one’s humanity’ Ruth Simmons’ memoir traces everyday natural beauty, mortal peril of growing up Black in 1940s rural Texas
When ‘The Boss’ is your therapist New book by psychologist, sociologist surveys depth, complexity of Bruce Springsteen’s connection to his female fans DateSeptember 29, 2023September 29, 2023
‘Living one’s life during and after the violation of one’s humanity’ Ruth Simmons’ memoir traces everyday natural beauty, mortal peril of growing up Black in 1940s rural Texas DateSeptember 22, 2023September 22, 2023
In fall, a reader’s mind turns to campus books Faculty, fellows offer up bushel of their favorites DateSeptember 20, 2023
How music powers protest The struggle for racial justice has always had a soundtrack. New faculty Charrise Barron explores its evolution from gospel to hip-hop. DateSeptember 20, 2023
Weaving refugee’s life into histories of U.S., Vietnam Pulitzer-winning novelist, academic Viet Thanh Nguyen to discuss colonization, otherness in Norton Lectures DateSeptember 12, 2023September 13, 2023
Big impact of Little Amal A.R.T., ArtsThursdays event centers on 12-foot puppet of Syrian refugee child, kicks off monthlong arts programming on migration, immigration DateSeptember 6, 2023September 7, 2023
Lost in fictional maps Fantasy worlds from Middle Earth to Westeros come to life in Harvard Library exhibit DateAugust 30, 2023August 30, 2023
How to judge a painting Do: Ask questions and keep an open mind. Don’t: Say your child could’ve made that. DateAugust 29, 2023
Murder, misguided creativity, and other tales in salt prints 19th-century photo technique — and stories of people in front of, behind camera — get new exposure as Harvard digitizes vast collection DateAugust 25, 2023August 25, 2023
Visions of power in ‘Barbie,’ Beyoncé, Taylor Swift Women entertainers are smashing records this summer. Their female fans love to see it. DateAugust 23, 2023August 23, 2023
Hot season for travel, rejuvenation, transformation — even if you don’t go anywhere 14 suggestions for books to take you places you’ve never been, full of new people, unaccustomed sights, smells, tastes DateAugust 16, 2023August 23, 2023
If it wasn’t created by a human artist, is it still art? Writer, animator, architect, musician, and mixed-media artist detail potential value, limit of works produced by AI DateAugust 15, 2023August 25, 2023
So what exactly makes Taylor Swift so great? Experts weigh in on her fanbase loyalty, skills as songwriter, businesswoman as her albums, tours break financial, popularity records DateAugust 2, 2023August 2, 2023
How do humanities prepare students for the real world? Here are four examples. College interns find outlets for creativity in fields ranging from journalism to theater DateJuly 26, 2023
Everyone calls it a classic. But who’s everyone, and why am I so bored? Scholarly wisdom for readers beating their heads against a great work of literature: Stop doing that DateJuly 25, 2023July 25, 2023
‘Funny ... frivolous ... serious’ Music and comedy meet queer and Jewish radicalism in Carpenter Center exhibit featuring lockdown serenades, Bat Mitzvah advice, and more DateJuly 19, 2023
A people’s history of Cambridge Professor tells story of city from Indigenous origins to present in children’s book illustrated by alum DateJuly 10, 2023July 10, 2023
Reinspired by true events Tiya Miles’ research on Cherokee slaveholding sparked her first novel. A recent tribal reckoning led her to revisit it. DateJuly 10, 2023
Reflections as hip-hop turns 50 Black music scholar examines genre's history, staying power — and ‘intentionality’ of recognition in recent years from elite cultural institutions DateJuly 5, 2023July 6, 2023
Staging the ‘unstageable’ YouTube star, student, and a ghost called Swan collide in Sophie Kim’s ‘dreamscape of queer and trans revelry’ — inspired by professor’s challenge DateJune 28, 2023
American stories in watercolor Exhibition goes beyond idyllic landscapes to cramped apartment, 19th-century wardrobe malfunction, cancer-defying self-portraits DateJune 27, 2023June 27, 2023
‘As though somebody had taken a piece of your soul, created it into an object ...’ Helen Vendler — honored for lifetime of achievement in poetry criticism — reflects on ‘magic’ of first book, writers who inspire, declining support for humanities DateJune 15, 2023
Frederick Douglass as 19th-century influencer Wadsworth Atheneum show, curated by Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Skip Gates, explores abolitionist’s embrace of emerging art of photography DateJune 13, 2023June 13, 2023
Susan Suleiman reflects on resilience, girlhood, and identity in memoir Emerita professor recalls childhood as Holocaust refugee in ‘Daughter of History’ DateJune 6, 2023
Jorie Graham confronts past, present, and future ‘Mortality got my attention,’ says poet whose latest collection is ‘To 2040’ DateMay 31, 2023June 1, 2023
Changing face of Shehuo festival Photographer Zhang Xiao creates portrait of tradition making room for modernization DateMay 8, 2023May 8, 2023
Turning debris into haute couture Harvard fashion show brings back ocean trash in the form of fashion DateMay 2, 2023May 1, 2023
City of poets Eight students pick a spot in Cambridge with historical, personal meaning and read an original work DateApril 27, 2023April 28, 2023
