Humanities Division
Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison To Deliver Six Campus Lectures
As the Norton Professor, Morrison will give a series of six free lectures called “Baring Witness, Bearing Views” to begin next year on March 2 in Sanders Theatre
Theater Concentration Courts Potential Concentrators
The professor who spearheaded the initiative to create the Theater, Dance, and Media concentration is turning his efforts to attracting both current students and admitted members of the Class of 2019.
Harvard Reaches Gender Parity in Junior Faculty Hires
Harvard’s total number of junior faculty hires has reached gender parity across the University for the first time ever.
John Stilgoe’s Secret History
Professor John R. Stilgoe wants his students to notice—to be able to process and interpret visual information by opening themselves up to the subject. What it comes down to is looking.
John Stilgoe Portrait
Professor John R. Stilgoe, the Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in the History of Landscape.
Faust and Wieseltier Discussion at Law School
Harvard President Drew G. Faust, left, and Leon Wieseltier, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, discuss higher education, intellectualism, and the shake-up of the New Republic magazine.
Faust and Wieseltier Discuss Alleged Decline of Intellectualism
President Drew G. Faust and visiting professor Leon Wieseltier discussed the impact of technology on intellectualism and the humanities during an event at the Law School on Tuesday.
Speaker Calls Ferguson ‘Failure of the Humanities'
George Lipsitz, a sociology and black studies professor at University of California Santa Barbara, called for the reorientation of the academic humanities toward promoting social justice in a discussion Friday afternoon.
Learning with Experienced Speakers, Non-Native Language Students Face Challenges
While several languages at Harvard offer separate tracks for more experienced speakers, others do not divide students into different tracks, leaving some students struggling to catch up to their more experienced peers.
Around the Yard, Spanish Class Uses Performance Art To Discuss Identity
Students in Spanish 126: “Performing Latinidad” processed around Harvard Yard on Thursday morning, hanging signs and quotations on trees and reciting poetry and prose.
Structure of Theater Concentration Outlined for Faculty
The structure of a concentration in Theater, Dance, and Media to be discussed at the March 3 Faculty meeting has been outlined in a proposal.
Proposed Theater Concentration Would Draw on Existing Courses
A proposed concentration in Theater, Dance, and Media would draw heavily from existing resources, using current teaching staff and curricula from across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and outside groups.
Melting Snow Prompts Writing Center To Relocate Offices
The Writing Center's tutors will hold conferences and weeknight drop-in hours in Lamont Library B40 starting Monday and continuing until further notice.
East Asian Languages and Civilizations Housed at 5 Bryant St.
Language offices in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations are housed in a re-purposed residential home at 5 Bryant Street. Department administrators said the space does not have the capacity to accommodate approximately 40 instructors and administrators.
As Faculty Reaches Largest Size, Departments Face Space Constraints
Occupying old buildings, adapted residential homes, and shared spaces, several departments in the social sciences and arts and humanities divisions must use every available inch of office space in order to accommodate instructors, classrooms, and events.
Little Space in Offices at Bryant St.
Around 40 instructors and administrators share office space in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations offices at 5 Bryant Street, often four or five to one bedroom-size room. The department previously requested space upgrades.
Faculty Discuss Potential Arts Spaces in Allston
Three major affiliates of the Arts and Humanities Division—the American Repertory Theater and the departments of Music and Visual and Environmental Studies—are considering finding spaces in Allston.
SEAS Refines Plans for Move to Allston
Administrators and planning committees at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are continuing to outline broad goals for the eventual relocation of their school to Allston.
Humanities Frameworks Courses Change in Their Second Year
The professors in charge of the Humanities Frameworks courses have adapted their syllabi, expanding the interdisciplinary nature of the courses.
Hammonds Discusses Diversity in Science
Former Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds spoke Wednesday afternoon to dozens of Harvard affiliates about diversity in fields of scientific research.
Pinker, Abramson Teach Writing Style
The event, entitled “Mastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing,” was organized by the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching.
Harvard Undergraduate Humanities Initiative
Diana Sorensen, dean of the Arts and Humanities Division, addresses a group of students Thursday night during a discussion of skepticism in the humanities.
Students Discuss Perception of Humanities
The Harvard Undergraduate Humanities Initiative held a discussion on perceptions of the humanities Thursday.
Newly Opened, Art Museums Prepare To Engage Undergrads
Now that the Museums have officially opened to the public, administrators hope to make the Museums accessible and attractive to Harvard’s youngest affiliates.