When artist Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown came across postcards with photographs of unidentified Black women from the early 20th century, she felt an immediate kinship. "I saw them and wanted to know ...

On a brutally hot afternoon in Newark, when news outlets were reporting record-breaking heat in the U.S. and Europe; pervasive inflation in the global economy; yet another mass shooting; and the rise ...

Ever wonder where a Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities can take you? The School of Medicine’s Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities program is designed to prepare ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories featuring master’s degree programs at the University of Chicago. After working at an arts nonprofit after graduation, Francis Feng wanted to ...

The humanities have served as the cornerstone of higher education since their very inception. According to the National Humanities Center, this academic discipline includes the study of history, ...

The Center for the Humanities offers various programs year-round that engage students, faculty and the public in conversations about current events and culture. One core program, Humanities Without ...

Established in the 1960s, the Medical Humanities program at the College of Medicine is one of the first of its kind in the U.S. The Medical Humanities program supports the development of intellectual, ...

Kentucky Humanities losing 70 percent of budget to DOGE cuts. The National Endowment for the Humanities began in the 1960s, under President Lyndon Johnson. It's helped fund events focused on history, ...

For the first time in years, I feel genuine hope for the future of the humanities. I recently attended a convening organized by the Teagle Foundation, supported by the National Endowment for the ...

When he was president of the Modern Language Association, Michael Bérubé described the myriad challenges facing doctoral education as “a seamless garment of crisis.” That was 2013. I’m reluctant to ...

Authors Wendell Berry and Bobbie Ann Mason laughed while chatting at the 2017 Kentucky Book Fair in Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. Matt Goins In high school civics we learned that our ...

Humanities Guåhan is celebrating its 35th anniversary, marking a renewal of its commitment to foster community engagement and dialogue, inspire critical thinking, celebrate diversity, and enrich the ...