Arts & Humanities

The lucid, distinctly American music of John Corigliano has established him as one of the most highly acclaimed composers of our time

In his half-century on Morningside Heights, Jack Beeson had an enduring impact on Columbia's music department

Beaumont's poems are detailed assemblages of sounds, personas, and material relics

The photographs of Ken Heyman

Playwright, novelist, critic, and teacher, Brander Matthews brought the study of dramatic literature to Columbia

Reflections from poet, critic, editor, and Yale professor John Hollander ’50C ’52GSAS

The Humanities program that grew out of John Erskine's "General Honors" course set a standard of excellence that is a hallmark of a Columbia education 

John Van Doren '52GSAS reflects on the visionary thinking that inspired his father and his colleagues to bring the Great Books to Columbia College

Teacher, translator, scholar, rabbi, husband, and father—an affectionate portrait of Moses Hadas by his daughter Rachel Hadas

The prolific author, charismatic teacher, renowned scholar, and devoted Columbian made his professional life an exuberant celebration of the classics

Trilling's  essays mapped the terrain where literary, political, and social questions overlapped. His colleague Quentin Anderson also remembers him as a devoted teacher and mentor 

The dean of Barnard College and adviser to Columbia Women Graduate Students did more to advance the cause of women at Columbia than any other person of her time