# @harvard on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bipb97_HkhE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21654231-harvard-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-05-11T18:36:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Harvard University (@harvard) — https://gondola.cc/harvard

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While Benjamin Grimm ’18 will be receiving his degree in the comparative study of religion with a secondary degree in German and Scandinavian studies, his talents include photography, musical theater, and ballet. At Harvard, he has acted, sung, and choreographed productions of “Gypsy,” “The Pirates of Penzance,” and “Die Fledermaus,” among others.⠀
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Grimm traveled to Malmo, Sweden for two summer stays to study Swedish Muslim identity. His studies focused on the interaction between the secular national culture and its Muslim population. As a scholar, he noticed how the changing population negotiated social roles, and with his arts background, he began photographing what he saw.⠀
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The artistic exploration, he explains, is a natural corollary to his academic studies. “Religion and the arts have so much to do with each other,” says Grimm. This approach, he says, “humanizes religion in a way that I think is too rarely done, because religion is too massive and unruly.”⠀
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This is part of a series showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates leading into our #Harvard18 Commencement.⠀
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Photo: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

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