Arts & Humanities

Sir Simon Schama on Jewish History, the Essay and His Ideal Dinner Guests

Michel de Montaigne and Francois Rabelais would get dinner invites from the historian whose work has addressed the history of Britain, the power of art, revolutionary politics and more.

Pulitzer fiction winners share how they put pen to page.

'Let Your Subject Find You': Guidance from Pulitzer Winners in Fiction

The 10 most recent recipients of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction offer lessons on how to approach the blank page.

An image of an old-fashioned manual typewriter with white keys and a green body.

Music professor Zosha Di Castri's first album features several of her chamber and solo works.

Music professor Zosha Di Castri has released her first album, 'Tachitipo'

The album features six eclectic chamber and solo works, both acoustic and electro-acoustic.

Three people standing on a red-dirt road, surrounded by grass and blue sky.

School of the Arts film student Olive Nwosu on set in Nigeria, shooting her short movie 'Troublemaker.'

On A Global Scale: Shooting in Nigeria

A behind-the-scenes look at a School of the Arts film student--and crew--making a movie on location in Nigeria.

Exhibitions

A queen of spades playing card showing an image of a queen.

Karata Playing Card, Kenya: Colour Print Ltd, circa 1970-1985

Mirror of Humanity: Seeing Ourselves in Playing Cards

An exhibition at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library that focuses on playing cards made in Europe and the United States from the 16th to the 21st centuries. Now through January 31, 2020.

An abstract artwork of grays, blues and blacks.

Torkwase Dyson, Hot Cold (1919: Black Water), 2019. Photo by Dan McMahon.

1919: Black Water

A solo exhibition of paintings and sculpture by artist Torkwase Dyson at the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery examines a period of heightened racial violence across the U.S. Now through December 14.