About Us
The Harvard Salient is Harvard’s undergraduate journal of conservative thought. We exist to defend and renew the university’s legacy of free inquiry, rigorous scholarship, and fearless debate—values now imperiled by the rise of ideological conformity on campus and in the broader culture.
Founded in 1981, The Harvard Salient stands openly against the prevailing liberal orthodoxy that stifles dissent and hollows out the life of the mind. We offer an unflinching alternative: a commitment to truth, tradition, and the cultivation of moral and intellectual virtue.
Our conservatism is neither partisan nor narrowly political. It is a defense of enduring principles: the value of inherited wisdom, the necessity of moral order, and the dignity of rational debate. We reject the fashionable dogmas that reduce education to activism and scholarship to propaganda. Instead, we seek to recover the genuine purpose of the university—universitas—as a community devoted to truth—veritas.
We publish essays, reporting, cultural commentary, and political philosophy written by Harvard students, faculty, and alumni for all readers who care about the future of our culture and our civilization. Each issue is printed and delivered to undergraduates and faculty across campus. Our online editions extend that conversation beyond Harvard Yard, offering our best writing to a wider public.
Join us. Read us. Write with us. Help us restore the possibility of real conversation at Harvard—and beyond.
Letter to the Editor Guidelines:
The Harvard Salient welcomes letters to the editor of all varieties. To submit a letter to the editor, email the Editor-in-Chief at editor@salientharvard.com. Note that letters to the editor are not published pseudonymously/anonymously, and the authors or editors are allowed to response to relevant letters in print.
Submission Guidelines:
Before submitting unsolicited material, consult with the editor(s) at editor@salientharvard.com. Essays should not exceed 2,000 words and fiction and book reviews, 1,500. Notes should be formatted as footnotes and kept to a bare minimum. Poems should be sent via Word, Doc, or .pdf to editor@salientharvard.com
All other inquiries: editor@salientharvard.com
The Harvard Salient is an independent undergraduate student publication of Harvard College, dedicated to the presentation of conservative thought and scholarship by students, faculty, and alumni of Harvard University. It is published by Salient Publications, Inc., with the generous support of its committed benefactors.
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