Humanities & Arts
From the Archives: The Market-Model University
Humanities in the age of money
Picasso Reinterpreted
A Harvard scholar presents the “untold origins of a modern masterpiece.”
The Work of Art
At a seminal conference, black creative intellectuals explore white supremacy, the arts, and justice.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Masha Gessen on the Stories We Tell About Migration
The Russian-American journalist challenges “moral defaults” about immigrants.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Rethinking the American High School
What the rare bright spots in American high-school education teach
by Jonathan Shaw
“A Sense of Belonging”
A renovation to make Houghton Library “open to all”
by Jacob Sweet
The Physician-Poet
Rafael Campo’s compassionate care
by Lydialyle Gibson
Min Jin Lee on Her New Novel and Writing about the Korean Diaspora
“I worry a great deal about how Koreans are perceived,” the author says.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
What a Human Should Be
Exploring the Bauhaus and Harvard
by Lily Scherlis
What Counts
Wanted: Big ideas from the humanities