Harvard Library says it has removed a book that's been in its collection for nearly a century that is partially made with human skin that was taken from a deceased hospital patient without consent.

The decision to find a “respectful final disposition” for human remains used for a 19th-century book comes amid growing scrutiny of their presence in museum collections. By Jennifer Schuessler and ...

Harvard University removed human skin from the binding of "Des Destinées de L'âme" in Houghton Library on Wednesday after a review found ethical concerns with the book's origin and history. French ...

After decades of controversy, the Harvard Library has removed the human skin binding one of the most notorious books in its collection, “Des destinées de l’âme.” “Harvard Library acknowledges past ...

From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly’s suburbs do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Denmark-based Human Library — that’s “Menneskebiblioteket” in Danish — ...

Volunteers at a “human library” share their stories through conversations— sort of like a live, human memoir. The event’s organizer, Prairie Markussen, stands with Alejandro Joleanis, a volunteer who ...

A trip to Jordan opened up a whole new world without Wi-Fi for Sarah Alsheikh, and she wanted to share it with her classmates and teachers at Oak Lawn Community High School. “I started watching cable ...

Midland High School students heard first-hand experiences from a diverse array of community members during the school's third annual Human Library event on Thursday. As they conversed, questions were ...

There will be books, and there will be readers. Certainly stories to follow with lessons to learn, just waiting to be checked out. But this library doesn’t deal in text. Next Saturday, April 20, the ...

In February, nine “brave” people opened their lives up to questions from forty strangers. All volunteers, they’d responded to an invitation to participate in Bermuda’s first Human Library as either ...

Arlington County's Central Library is hosting a Human Library event on Saturday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Human Library aims to create a safe space for dialogue where topics are discussed openly ...