Arts Befriending ‘Clarissa’ during lockdown Very long, even for academic book club, but themes of morality, isolation resonated
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Befriending ‘Clarissa’ during lockdown Very long, even for academic book club, but themes of morality, isolation resonated DateSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020
A divine cosmos Library research fellowship helps a junior develop a new visual methodology DateSeptember 23, 2020September 25, 2020
Jameela Jamil is in a good place The actor and activist talks cancel culture, fatphobia, and diversity in Hollywood DateSeptember 22, 2020September 22, 2020
Portrait of the documentarian as a young man Film explores midcentury archive of Kalahari peoples DateSeptember 9, 2020September 9, 2020
In translation, he found his raison d’être Arthur Goldhammer looks back on a life bringing the work of Thomas Piketty and others to readers of English DateSeptember 3, 2020
The long march for suffrage Radcliffe project marks 19th Amendment centennial while focusing on the women who would not be fully enfranchised for decades more DateAugust 18, 2020August 18, 2020
His hobby? Making award-winning documentaries Longtime AV staffer chronicles inner-city lives in his spare time DateAugust 12, 2020August 18, 2020
Art for a cause Graduate School of Design students auction works to advance social justice DateJuly 31, 2020August 3, 2020
This year, a single digitization focus at Houghton Library pauses other work for ‘Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom’ DateJuly 30, 2020July 31, 2020
Teaching children to be antiracist Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi discusses his latest book, ‘Antiracist Baby’ DateJuly 24, 2020July 24, 2020
Protesting police violence, a playlist Think of hiphop as a historical record of the nation’s racial violence and injustice, director of the Harvard Archive says DateJuly 23, 2020July 23, 2020
Snow White and the darkness within us Maria Tatar collects versions of the tale from around the world and explains how they give us a way to think about what we prefer not to DateJuly 16, 2020
Fighting bigotry with art The Wave started as a pan-Asian literary and arts magazine, but its mission changed with the rise of racism and xenophobia after pandemic DateJuly 15, 2020July 16, 2020
‘Two Poets and a River’: Worlds of love in the Wakhan Valley Filmmaker and ethnomusicologist Richard Wolf explores the meaning of a river between countries DateJuly 13, 2020
Tracking down a murderer The first season of Jill Lepore’s new podcast follows clues over a century, the evolution of proof and evidence, and asks: 'Who killed truth?' DateJune 10, 2020June 12, 2020
‘Gathering Historias’ at the Arboretum Divinity School student’s project reveals deep-rooted connections to nature and community DateJune 4, 2020June 3, 2020
Though museums are closed, the work continues Staffs using the time to update and build out databases for use by researchers now and in the future DateJune 3, 2020June 4, 2020
Picking at the seams of Western hand-me-downs in Africa For her Peabody fellowship, Côte d’Ivoire artist Joana Choumali will use her signature embroidered photography to explore social identity, colonial legacies, and global power relations DateJune 3, 2020June 23, 2020
Taking a break for beauty Harvard Art Museums uses works from its collections to help doctors decompress DateMay 27, 2020May 28, 2020
Leaving a mark on campus Project displays work of 72 Harvard students, staff, faculty, and friends in windows of campus buildings DateMay 20, 2020
Why so many of us are watching films like ‘Outbreak’ Robichaud: Our taste for apocalyptic stories shows what we worry about most DateMay 5, 2020
WHRB keeps classical connections In the time of COVID-19, student radio station pays tribute to canceled concerts DateMay 4, 2020May 5, 2020
After America reopens, a healthy roadmap for theater A.R.T.’s Paulus and Chan School’s Allen collaborate on a dynamic, evolving plan to ensure public safety and the life of performing art DateApril 27, 2020April 27, 2020
Spirituality, social justice, and climate change meet at the crossroads Divinity School’s Dan McKanan talks about Earth Day’s evolution DateApril 22, 2020April 22, 2020
Self-help books, literature, and how they help us live Beth Blum traces how the two genres have influenced one another over history DateMarch 10, 2020March 11, 2020
Danger in creating an English-language library in Gaza Poet Mosab Abu Toha, a Scholar at Risk, describes attempt to intimidate him DateMarch 9, 2020March 9, 2020
A peek at a critical time for Japan through its art Feinberg Collection highlights the rich variety and diversity of the Edo era DateFebruary 28, 2020
Unraveling a fine arts mystery Conservators and curators are researching and restoring a portrait of King Philip III of Spain that is one of a series of identical works DateFebruary 18, 2020February 19, 2020
Good things come in ancient packages Project to make complete visual digital records of three 3,000-year-old coffins turns up a painting of a deity DateFebruary 14, 2020February 19, 2020
