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The Noble Rank of English Scholar

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We will be publishing on this blog stories and testimonials from Arts & Humanities faculty addressing issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and Harvard's response to the crisis. Today we share "a moment of happy solidarity" among members of the course...

Book Talk with Carlo Rotella (Boston College): What Can I Get Out of This? Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics

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Carlo will discuss his new book, What Can I Get Out of This? Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics (University of California Press, 2025). At a time when college students and their parents often question the "return on investment" from...

Morris Gray Poetry Reading with Tina Chang

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The Harvard Department of English presents the Morris Gray Poetry Reading featuring Tina Chang. Join us at 6pm in the Thompson Room at 12 Quincy St. on Monday, November 3rd for a poetry reading from the author followed by a discussion with artist Hồng-Ân...

Writers Speak | Anuk Arudpragasam in conversation with Tara K. Menon

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Speaker: Anuk Arudpragasam In Conversation with Tara K. Menon Please note that this event location has changed: it will take place in Emerson Hall, Room 105. About the Speakers Anuk Arudpragasam is a Tamil novelist and translator from Colombo, Sri Lanka...

Do Liberals Want a Beautiful World?

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Salad chains, consultant-speak, Parks & Rec. Is this really the world that liberals want? Or, is there a more beautiful vision of what kind of world we could build together, what all of this liberty is for? This question is increasingly urgent, as self...

Giuliana Bruno in conversation with Wael Shawky and Screening of I Am Hymns of the New Temples,

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https://harvardartmuseums.org/calendar/wael-shawky-in-conversation-and-… Join multidisciplinary artist Wael Shawky for a screening of his film I Am Hymns of the New Temples , a theatrical play that explores the...

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The Parable of the Beads

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We will be publishing on this blog stories and testimonials from Arts & Humanities faculty addressing issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and Harvard's response to the crisis. Today we share a short parable written by Gordon Teskey, Professor of...

Language Study

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A profound relationship exists between language study and the humanities. Students are encouraged to pursue a rigorous study of another language, not just to fulfill a requirement or to earn a language citation, but as a way of enriching and deepening...

Is AI the New Frankenstein? The 1st Annual Humanities & New Media Lecture by Prof. Ken Goldberg

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200 years after Mary Shelley's masterwork appeared in print, “Artificial Intelligence” is running amok, provoking extreme claims of opportunities and threats. Many assert that AI is an “exponential technology,” a “new electricity” that will transform...

2026 Summer Message from the Dean

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Dear Artists and Humanists! Civil twilight is the half-lit period before sunrise during which there is enough natural light for ordinary human activities to proceed. The phrase is usually attributed to the Swiss polymath J. H. Lambert, who coined it in...

Faculty Advisory Council

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The Faculty Advisory Council serves as a key forum for dialogue and collaboration between the Dean of Arts and Humanities and faculty across the division. Composed of representatives from a range of departments and programs, the Council provides...