Arts & Culture

In this relevant release, Menand, an English professor, argues that most universities are out of touch and calls for their dire makeover. Menand touches on everything from problem solving to curriculum, to faculty and diversity, and more.

Holder of dual appointments in Harvard’s Business and Law Schools, Subramanian utilizes theories of negotiating and auctioning to deliver this guide to successful transactions in today’s marketplace.

Harvard Foundation names Wyclef Jean Artist of the Year. To be honored during Cultural Rhythms Saturday (Feb. 27) at Sanders Theatre.

Harvard’s libraries and museums pull together vast materials on the Web, in tandem with Islamic Studies Program.

Robert Mnookin’s new book looks at how to negotiate.

Opera luminary Renée Fleming offered her guidance and singing expertise to a group of Harvard students at Harvard’s Paine Hall as part of the Office for the Arts’ annual Learning From Performers series.

An exhibit called “Frame by Frame” tells the story of animation’s pioneers at Harvard and reveals the present state of an art that encourages both dreaming and exposition.

A new exhibit at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies pairs historic postcards with visions of current Havana.

The Harvard Business School’s Marco Iansiti teams up with Microsoft exec Steven Sinofsky to disclose collaborative knowhow on strategizing and mobilizing large-scale operational projects, using 2009’s unleashing of Windows 7 as a prime example.

Susan Clancy controversially bucks the norm with new research on child sexual abuse, which suggests that well-meaning professionals’ assumptions about abuse are wrong, and can actually do more harm than good.

Those marvelous ancient Greeks. Thousands of years later, Christopher P. Jones uncorks even more of their allure, probing how mortals became demigods, and why these ancient heroes and heroines were idolized after death.

Harvard hosts one-day symposium on bluegrass music, past and present on Saturday (Feb. 6).

Harvard senior reflects on his filmmaking, including a Siberian documentary and a futuristic fantasy.

With professional-level standards already in place and the spirit of self-sufficiency a prized commodity, the question remains: Should there be University-funded performance degrees?

HBS professor Nancy Koehn discusses “The Story of American Business,” her book on interesting and significant historical examples from the industry.

Radcliffe Fellow and artist Leslie Hewitt brings “the undeniable physical presence of objects’’ to photography.

PBS will air “Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness,” a documentary that examines the towering influence of controversial anthropologist Melville Herskovits, on Feb. 2 at 10:30 p.m. as part of the series “Independent Lens.” Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal will host the program.

An exhibit of photos by photographer Amy Stein at the Harvard Museum of Natural History explores the boundaries between humankind and nature.

Two daguerreotypes recently acquired by the Harvard Art Museum’s Department of Photographs show a distinguished African-American man and a woman, countering stereotypes of the day.

Harvard University President Drew Faust today (Dec. 21) announced the formation of a University-wide advisory committee on the arts, the Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA).

Western poet Katie Peterson, a Radcliffe Fellow, shares her sense of desert life on a vast canvas with startling intimacy.

At Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, more than 30 scholars gather for three to 10 months to pursue their studies on the Italian Renaissance: its music, history, economics, science, politics, and art.

English professor Elisa New found her great-grandfather’s cane, and that spawned a twisting journey to find her family history, now relayed in a book.

Julie Peters, the inaugural Byron and Anita Wien Professor, focuses on artistic cultural history, as well as the literary works themselves.

A.R.T. leads effort to keep Shakespeare’s plays relevant for modern times, with its primary mission what his likely was: to lure audiences into the theater.

The Harvard Ceramics Program turns 40 this year and says goodbye to its longtime director Nancy Selvage.

Students digging in Harvard Yard may have found remnant evidence of Indian College, one of Harvard’s earliest buildings.

Biblical scholar Elaine Pagels visits Radcliffe, presenting a “mad dash” of fresh thinking on the New Testament’s Book of Revelation.

With more than 50 years of experience in the economics and policy worlds, Fein dishes the lessons he’s learned on government, decision making, and more, attempting to breathe new life into our nation’s welfare.

Sociologist Lawrence-Lightfoot’s inspiring book says that ages 50-75 are prime time for adventure. Forty interviews with people living in their “third chapter” show how fulfilling life can be then.