Featured Programs

B.B. King is an icon of American music. He is a blues musician whose distinctive guitar playing and evocative voice have inspired generations of rock and jazz performers. For the final session of his 2007 Harvard Extension School class “A History of Blues in America,” Professor Charles Sawyer staged a tribute concert to B.B. King, including performances by blues artists J. Geils, “Monster” Mike Welch, Sweet Willie D., Sunny Crownover, and Sawyer's own band, 2120 South Michigan Avenue. This program features complete footage of that concert as well as interviews with B.B. King biographer Charles Sawyer and Rounder Records producer Scott Billington, and photographs depicting King's life from birth to stardom and the world of blues artists.

Called by the Boston Globe “Harvard’s greatest class,” join Harvard’s Class of 1954 in memorable discussion, insight, and lively debate featuring leaders in politics, literature, finance, and science and medicine.

Please join some of the nation's leading scholars for a special webcast entitled "Understanding the Crisis in the Markets: A Panel of Harvard Experts." This exclusive panel discussion will help you understand and interpret recent developments in the U.S. and world markets.

Drew Gilpin Faust's installation as the 28th president of Harvard University features a performance by the Harvard College Pan-African Dance and Music Ensemble and a speech by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. In her installation address, Faust discusses the role of the university in the 21st century, saying, "The essence of a university is that it is uniquely accountable to the past and to the future – not simply or even primarily to the present."

For over one thousand years, Sardis was an ancient metropolis, and a cultural bridge between Asia and Europe. The Harvard University Art Museum's exhibit, "The City of Sardis: Approaches in Graphic Recording" shows how changing representations of Sardis's architecture and landscape - from intricate 18th century paintings to state-of-the-art digital reconstructions - have transformed understanding of the city. This video and photo galleries feature a tour of the exhibit, interviews with the curators and archaeologists, and images from the archeological dig at Sardis.