A lively hub for innovation and collaboration, the Humanities Council supports significant teaching and research in the humanities, connecting departments and interdisciplinary centers, programs, and committees across the University.
The Council includes humanities department chairs and divisional representatives from social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering, along with directors of programs, centers, and committees under the aegis of the Council. Membership is also open to the chairs and directors of all humanities departments and humanistically oriented programs.
Humanities Departments
African American Studies
Architecture
Art and Archaeology
Classics
Comparative Literature
East Asian Studies
English
French and Italian
German
History
Lewis Center for the Arts
Music
Near Eastern Studies
Philosophy
Religion
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Spanish and Portuguese
Participating Programs, Centers, and Committees
African Studies, Program in
American Studies, Program in
Ancient World, Program in the
Canadian Studies, Fund for
Classical Philosophy, Program in
Digital Humanities, The Center for
East Asian Studies, Program in
European Cultural Studies, Program in
Film Studies, Committee for
Gauss Seminars in Criticism
Gender and Sexuality Studies, Program in
Hellenic Studies, Stanley J. Seeger ’52 Center for
Hellenic Studies, Program in
Humanistic Studies, Program in
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities
Irish Studies, Fund for
Italian Studies, Program in
Journalism, Program in
Judaic Studies, Program in
Language Study, The Center for
Late Antiquity, Committee on the Study of
Latin American Studies, Program in
Linguistics, Program in
Media and Modernity, Program in
Medieval Studies, Program in
Near Eastern Studies, Program in
Political Philosophy, Program in
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Committee on
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Program in
Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
South Asian Studies, Program in
The University Center for Human Values
Translation and Intercultural Communication, Program in
