The Time of Harvard: The History, People, and Academic System of America's Oldest University (Vol. 1)

Everyone has heard of Harvard. Almost no one truly knows it.

The Time of Harvard is a comprehensive Korean-language guide to the history, founders, leadership, and academic structure of America's oldest institution of higher learning. Volume 1 opens with Harvard's origins - the 1636 founding, the meaning behind its iconic seal, the 1650 Charter that still governs it today, and the lesser-known histories of the Indian College and Radcliffe College, the pioneering women's institution that would later merge with Harvard.

From there, the book turns to the people who shaped it: John Harvard, not the founder of the university but the man whose early gift made today's Harvard possible, along with the enduring legend of his statue (the so-called "Statue of Three Lies"), and a full history of the Harvard presidency - from early leaders like Nathaniel Eaton and Henry Dunster through transformative figures such as Charles William Eliot and A. Lawrence Lowell, who shaped Harvard into a modern research university.

The volume closes with an in-depth look at how Harvard actually works today: its academic mission, the structure of Harvard College, the General Education curriculum and concentrations, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Harvard's professional schools.

Written for students in need of motivation and direction, prospective applicants and their families, librarians, educators, and general readers curious about the Harvard that leads transformation in the world, The Time of Harvard combines the narrative sweep of books like Sapiens with the precision of an academic reference - an essential companion for anyone who wants to understand Harvard beyond the name.

This is the Korean-language edition of The Time of Harvard Ⅰ. The international English edition is scheduled for publication in 2027.