Mysteries and Masterpieces
Adam Kirsch reads the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library—the latest stage in the “American conquest of the Middle Ages”
Humanities
Spheres of Knowledge
An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.
10.19.11
Sundials in Early Modern Europe
Photographs of early modern printed-paper sundials
10.11.11
The Seven Liberal Arts
Jan Sadeler’s engravings of The Seven Liberal Arts
10.11.11
Inventions in Early Modern Europe
Images from Stradanus’s “Nova reperta,” a series of engravings representing technological innovations of the modern age from the perspective of a practicing artist
10.11.11
Reading Is Elemental
How to preserve the humanities
8.19.11
Peter Der Manuelian
Meet Harvard’s resident Egyptologist.
6.16.11
Swerves
Stephen Greenblatt traces the influence of Lucretius, through De Rerum Natura, on modern thought.
6.16.11
Talking About War—During a War on Osama bin Laden
President Drew Faust’s Jefferson Lecture takes on an unexpected timeliness.
5.3.11
The Dilemma of Choice
In a new book, All Things Shining, philosopher Sean Dorrance Kelly confronts modern nihilism with a guide for learning how to live a meaningful life.
4.17.11
Lepore and Longfellow
The historian reexamines the poet.
3.22.11
What Books Are For
The Radcliffe Institute’s “Why Books?” conference touches on a timely theme.
11.3.10
Humanities Center Endowed by $10-Million Gift
Securing a hub for interdisciplinary discourse
10.4.10
Innovator David Edwards’s New Book on “Artscience” Labs
The Lab: Creativity and Culture sets forth a vision of multidisciplinary innovation.
7.27.10
Vincent Brown
The professor of African and African American studies uses multiple media to study slavery.
5.1.10
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