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Current scholars in the field of Italian Studies present their books on literature, philosophy, art and architecture, music, history, politics, and the social sciences. Students also learn how to conduct video interviews and write book reviews.

This course is designed for TFs and TAs in the department of Romance Languages and Literatures who are teaching a Romance language at Harvard for the first time, or those who are interested in foreign language learning and teaching. It introduces TAs and...

"Pedagogies of Liberation" is preparation and accompaniment for new teachers who teach (anything!). We read selected works by exemplary pedagogues: Friedrich Schiller, María Montessori, John Dewey, W.B. Du Bois, R. Tagore, Paulo Freire, Augusto Boal, José...

“What is love (baby don’t hurt me)?” pop culture keeps asking; in Latin America, one answer has long come in the form of tears, melodrama, and serialized romance. In the 1960s, the romance‑comic series Lágrimas, risas y amor promised its readers an...

Introducción a la historia de la lengua española desde sus orígenes hasta el presente. Escarceos en lingüística histórica en el marco de la historia literaria y el estudio comparado de las lenguas románicas. Acercamiento interdisciplinario.

What is the place of the human within nature? How are cultural concepts of what is ‘natural’ or ‘artificial’ reflected in and shaped by texts from different periods? Where do our ideas about ecology and climate today have their roots? How can a text, or a...

An exploration of the fraught connection between political engagement and textual innovation in poetry written in and about 20th Century Spain. Discussion of key texts by Aub, Castro, Cernuda, Conde, Darío, Lorca, Machado, Neruda, Vallejo, among others...

Current scholars in the field of Italian Studies present their books on literature, philosophy, art and architecture, music, history, politics, and the social sciences. Students also learn how to conduct video interviews and write book reviews. Course...

In this course, we will explore the imbrication of colonialism and environmentalism by focusing on “green” spaces such as plantations; botanical gardens where plants were studied to be mass produced for empire’s profit; and green spaces such as safaris...

Matter—pure potency, pure capacity for being—has consistently eluded humanity’s intellectual and experimental efforts. From the shores of Ningbo to the deserts of Los Alamos, though its names have changed, its essence remains the same. It is Hesiod’s...