Featured series 
Tag: Humanities
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Nation & World
Jorie Graham confronts past, present, and future
“Mortality got my attention. And it was — as we are told to believe but rarely do — a gift,” says the acclaimed poet, whose latest collection, “To 2040,” looks at the many crises shadowing what she calls “the human project.”
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5 faculty members named Harvard College Professors
They are recognized for excellence in teaching in fields ranging from biophysics to cultural studies.
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Imagine a world in which AI is in your home, at work, everywhere
Harvard’s AI+Art project aims to get people thinking about how artificial intelligence may impact our lives in the future.
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Suzannah Clark named director of Mahindra Humanities Center
Suzannah Clark, the Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music and Harvard College professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been named the next director of the Mahindra Humanities Center, effective July 1.
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What a (spirited) drag
A live drag performance and extensive transformation accompanied a deep conference discussion at Radcliffe of gender and identity.
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Senior looks back as he moves forward
As his final year at Harvard begins its cycle, Matthew DeShaw ’18 finds more questions to be answered, more lessons to be learned.
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Scholar’s eye for fashion
Harvard senior Lily Calcagnini’s history and literature concentration places fashion front and center in cultural theory.
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Finance meets humanities — really
Economist Mihir Desai sets aside his usual academic work in a new book in which he uses plain language and stories drawn from literature and art to explain the basic principles of finance and show how deeply they are rooted in the humanities.
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Drew Faust to step down as Harvard president
Drew Faust, who became Harvard’s 28th president in 2007, has announced that she will step down on June 30, 2018.
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Hitting the books after hitting a wall
Miguel Garcia ’17 found meaning and salvation in his humanities studies after a bout with mental illness forced him to take a sabbatical in his Junior year.
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Poking at consciousness
Biologist Brian D. Farrell gave a lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History exploring the roots of consciousness.
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Making magic out of 26 letters
Harvard’s creative writing program is growing in creativity and size.
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Three chords and some Kierkegaard
A profile of College student and pop-rocker Brynn Elliott, whose scholarship in philosophy informs her songwriting.
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Harvard College junior follows humanities
Secure in his humanities concentration, junior Matthew DeShaw gains balance and confidence from internships that mixed business with pleasure.
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For Faust, new year brings fresh challenges
In a question-and-answer session at the start of the new academic year, Harvard President Drew Faust discussed single-gender social organizations, endowment issues, the importance of increasing diversity and safeguarding the humanities, and how she spends her downtime.
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Humanizing the humanities
Leaving a legacy of curriculum innovation and diplomacy, Dean of Arts and Humanities Diana Sorensen steps down after 10 years of elevating the division.
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Minding the gaps
At the fourth annual Anita Hill Lecture on Gender Justice, Wake Forest University Professor Melissa Harris-Perry said that while more women have entered into today’s knowledge economy, they still make only 77 cents to every dollar men earn — and black and Latino women earn even less.
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To speak, and move others to act
Language, literature, and the liberal arts are key disciplines in forming leaders, Harvard President Drew Faust said during a speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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Always a critic
The New York Times’ chief film critic, A.O. Scott, visits Harvard to discuss his new book, “Better Living Through Criticism,” on Thursday.
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Humanities offer marketability in a competitive world
Harvard sophomore finds support for his concentration in Ancient History (Greek and Roman), which allows him to pursue his passions “while maintaining marketability in an increasingly competitive world.”
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Slavery’s chilling shadow
Toni Morrison delivered the first of six Charles Eliot Norton Lectures to an adoring crowd at Sanders Theatre on Wednesday. Morrison is the 58th scholar given the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry.
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Seeing more
In his weekly 90-minute lectures, Professor Robin Kelsey brings historical awareness and contextual experience to 13 technologies that have transformed visual communication.
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Morrison’s first Norton Lecture set for March 2
Toni Morrison will deliver the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, which will be held throughout March and April at Sanders Theatre. Hosted by the Mahindra Humanities Center, Morrison is the 58th scholar to be given the arts and humanities honor, officially named the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry.
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Conan: Explore, learn, take risks
Conan O’Brien spoke with President Drew Faust about how his humanities education made him one of TV’s most successful comedians.
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Two honored for teaching excellence
Ruth Bielfeldt, Harris K. Weston Associate Professor of the Humanities, and Sarah Richardson, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, are this year’s winners of the Roslyn Abramson Award, given annually to assistant or associate professors for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
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Welcoming Harvard’s next class
A freshman returns to Visitas, the annual weekend focused on incoming Harvard College students, and views their weekend through fresh eyes.
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Theater, Dance, and Media
A new arts concentration will offer classes this fall, and students will be able to declare the concentration officially in December.
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Hamburger receives Anneliese Maier Research Award
Jeffrey Hamburger, the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture and a world authority on the religious art of the Middle Ages, is among this year’s recipients of the Anneliese Maier Research Award.
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Taking the Harvard Corporation’s temperature
Bill Lee reflects on his first six months as senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, and on challenges and opportunities facing the University in the months and years to come.
