History
Harvard Reacts to Pearl Harbor, Women Guests, and More
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Ten Question with Ken L. Burns
On a cold Wednesday afternoon, FM sat down in Harvard’s Center for the Environment with internationally renowned documentary filmmaker Ken L. Burns, who was visiting Harvard to promote his new film, “The Dust Bowl,” a historical account of the ecological disasters of the 1930s.
Cleaning Europe, Gandhi's Death, and Locked Lectures
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
War Meant Drills at Harvard
Michael David Cohen, a history professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the author of the recently published book “Reconstructing the Campus: Higher Education and the American Civil War,” used Harvard as a case study to illustrate the Civil War’s indelible impact on higher education in a talk on Friday at the Harvard Book Store.
History Professor Tracks Explorers
History Professor Joyce E. Chaplin sought to capture half a millennium of human efforts to traverse the globe in the pages of one book, and Thursday evening, she discussed the fruits of her labors in a talk at the Harvard Book Store.
House Telephones, New Furniture, and John Harvard Vandalized
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Dust Bowl Film Seen as Tale for Today
Burns described his film as a cautionary tale for today, given the effects of climate change.
One-sided Geniuses, Hitler's Strength Declines, Kennedy at Harvard
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
HBS History Professor Dies
Thomas K. McCraw, Sr., who expanded the teaching of business history at the Harvard Business School and won the Pulitzer Prize for his book “The Prophets of Regulation,” died.
Everything is History
Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History Niall Ferguson is giving a short presentation about the financial history of the US and the world. Ferguson was joined by seven other renowned Harvard History Professors who gave presentations on past lessons and future worries.
Harvard in the Political Moments that Changed History
On a warm night in October of 1957, history professor Charles S. Maier ’60 left his dorm room to stand on Weeks Footbridge and stare at the sky.
Prominent Professors Discuss History
Professor James T. Kloppenberg began his talk at a history department panel event on Wednesday night with a question: “When you hear the phrase ‘democracy in America,’ what comes to mind?”
