STARKVILLE, Miss.—Natural history, American history and celebrity culture are part of the detailed research studies underway with the newest cohort of Mississippi State University’s Institute for the ...

The Mississippi Humanities Council honored a Jones College history and geography teacher as its 2026 Humanities Teacher of ...

EPOCH partners with Connecticut Humanities to address Hartford’s history of housing insecurity while providing history majors a research space. Fiona Vernal, associate professor at the University of ...

This spring quarter, UC Santa Cruz Humanities students immersed themselves in the story of three Hawaiian princes who introduced surfing to the United States in the late 19th century, using Santa Cruz ...

After serving as interim dean since January, Cal State Fullerton history professor and author Jessica Yirush Stern has been named dean of the university’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences as ...

Standing in front of a group of people in a Denver library recently, abolitionist Harriet Tubman explained why a metal weight thrown at her head didn’t kill her. “So that man, he picked up a weight ...

In an era dominated by technology, artificial intelligence and rapid change, scholars spotlight how history, philosophy, literature and cultural studies remain vital tools for understanding global ...

Part I. Orality/aurality -- "Oral history in the age of digital possibilities" / by William Schneider -- "Why do we call it oral history? Refocusing on orality/aurality in the digital age" / by Sherna ...

The humanities are in crisis. That’s the crux of Nathan Heller’s recent article for The New Yorker, “The End of the English Major,” which is drawing national attention and debate. Heller, who himself ...

We humans, if we are to live intentional and thoughtful lives, almost always return to a series of timeless questions: Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? To answer those questions ...

Tyler Stovall, a renowned historian, professor, and former Dean of Humanities at UC Santa Cruz, died Dec. 10, 2021 at his home in New York City. He was 67. Stovall was the author of 10 books and ...