2025-26

Instructor: Alan Niles and Philip Deloria Tuesday, 12:45-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students Harvard’s beginnings included a promise to educate both “English and Indian youth.” From its inception, however, Harvard’s endowment...

Instructor: Elaine Scarry TBD | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 15 students Writings by Emily, Anne, and Charlotte Brontë, as well as the later novels and films their work inspired. This course satisfies the “1700-1900 Guided Elective" requirement...

Instructor: Nicholas Watson Tuesday & Thursday, 9:00-10:15am | Location: TBD What makes stories so pleasurable and revealing but also so enraging and dangerous? How are we to think about the strong emotions they evoke and learn to resist as well as...

Instructor: Musa Syeed Fall 2026 Tuesday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Tuesday, 12:45-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students The short film, with its relatively lower costs of production and expanded distribution...

Instructor: Sam Marks Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Monday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students This workshop is a continued exploration of writing for the stage, with an eye towards presentation. The semester...

Instructor: Musa Syeed Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Wednesday, 12:45-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students The feature-length script is an opportunity to tell a story on a larger scale, and, therefore, requires...

Instructor: Josh Bell Fall 2026 Monday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Monday, 6:00-8:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students By guided reading, classroom discussion, one on one conference, and...

Instructor: Josh Bell Spring 2027 TBD | Location: TBD Spring 2026 Tuesday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students Initially, students can expect to read, discuss, and imitate the strategies of a wide range of poets writing in...

Instructor: Louisa Thomas Monday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students In newsrooms, the sports section is sometimes referred to as the “toy department” -- frivolous and unserious, unlike the stuff of politics, business, and war...

Instructor: Tracy K. Smith Monday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD Enrollment: Limited to 12 students In this workshop, we’ll look closely at the craft-based choices poets make, and track the effects they have upon what we as readers are made to recognize...