Taylor Swift’s "Reputation" for lyrical greatness will soon be studied in the hallowed halls of the Ivy League. The English Department at Harvard University plans to debut a course next semester ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard may not be the first university that springs to mind when thinking of schools that offer courses on Taylor Swift. The Ivy League university will offer a class on the Swift ...

THEIR SCHEDULES. IF YOU’RE A SWIFTIE, YOU’LL PROBABLY LIKE THIS COURSE. IF YOU’RE A FAN OF TAYLOR SWIFT AND LITERATURE, YOU’LL PROBABLY LOVE IT. IT’S YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM TAYLOR SWIFT AND EARN ...

The English department will welcome two new professors from Columbia University and grant tenure to one of its current associate professors. Amanda J. Claybaugh, an expert from Columbia on ...

Harvard University’s English department has decided to revamp its undergraduate English concentration, replacing most course requirements with a plan to have students choose their courses from four ...

In an age that prizes short bursts of electronic information, Harvard English professor Marjorie Garber asks whether literature still matters. As might be expected of someone who has spent her career ...

BOSTON — While other Harvard University students were writing papers for their senior theses, Obasi Shaw was busy rapping his. Shaw is the first student in Harvard’s history to submit a rap album as a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The demise of the lecture courses is the most pronounced feature of a ...

“Losing the Canon?” prompts a provocative subhead in a Thursday Harvard Crimson article. “The simple answer to that question is no. We’re not losing the canon, we’re just not doing things the same way ...