Houghton75 Podcast
1) Harvard Review Salon Series: Phillip Lopate and Lily King
Did you know that Houghton Library is also the publisher of Harvard Review, a major American literary journal? In this episode of Houghton75, editor Christina Thompson talks to two contributors to Har...Show More
2) Joseph Connors: The Art of Architectural Sketching
In this episode of Houghton75 we speak with Joseph Connors, Professor of the History of Art and Architecture, about the historical practice of architectural sketching and how he incorporates it into h...Show More
3) Tom Kelly: Ambrosian Chant
In this episode of Houghton75 we speak with Thomas Kelly, Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music about his experiences researching and teaching chant using Houghton collections.
4) Stephen Greenblatt: On the Nature of Science and the Humanities
In this episode of Houghton75 we speak with Stephen Greenblatt, John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities, about a small, very fragile book containing an ancient poem that rocked the world, an...Show More
5) Ann Blair: Renaissance Writing Tables
In this episode of Houghton75, we speak with Ann Blair, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard, about the development of note-taking devices from early wax tablets to our modern smartphon...Show More
6) Danielle Allen: John Adams’ and Our Declaration
In this episode of Houghton75, we speak with Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, about her research and teaching on the Decl...Show More
7) Stephanie Sandler: The Russian Avant Garde’s Enigmatic Misfit, Elena Guro
In this episode of Houghton75, we speak with Stephanie Sandler, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, about one relatively unknown and enigmatic artist from the time of the R...Show More
8) Racha Kirakosian: A Manuscript’s Never Ending Story
In this episode of Houghton75, we speak with Racha Kirakosian, Assistant Professor of German and the Study of Religion at Harvard, about one of the newer acquisitions in our collection. Close study of...Show More
9) Michael Canfield: Teddy Roosevelt in the Field
In this episode of Houghton75, we speak with Michael Canfield, a lecturer in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard and author of Theodore Roosevelt in the Field, about the c...Show More
10) Alex Csiszar: Amping up Scientific Publishing
In this episode of Houghton75 we speak with Alex Csiszar, Associate Professor of the History of Science, about his research on Andre Marie Ampére's electromagnetic experiments and his equally remarkab...Show More