Amelia F. Barnum ’28, a Crimson Editorial Editor, is a Social Studies concentrator in Winthrop House. Until 2006, the History Department offered a European history survey course that was required for ...

Does Harvard teach its undergraduates about “Western civilization”? As a history major there, I was recently surprised to learn—at least according to the conservative media ecosystem—that the answer ...

L.A. Karnes ’28, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a double concentrator in the Comparative Study of Religion and Government in Mather House. How much do you really know about Harvard? You probably know ...

At Harvard University today, professors who teach Western history are history. James Hankins, a specialist in Renaissance thought, was one of the last holdouts. Now Hankins, who has just published a ...