Division of Humanities

The Humanities are critical to public life and public education. Humanists define and debate moral and social values; they interpret literary texts and historical documents; they analyze works of art and they explore ideas; and they teach us not only what these things mean, but why they are important.  The Humanities cultivate the skills essential to active citizenship—careful reading, informed debate, an awareness of our place in a complex world at a critical moment in time. The Humanities teach us to think and to question, how to read and how to see.