The humanities are those academic disciplines which study the human condition using methods that are largely analytic, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural and social sciences. Conventionally the humanities include ancient and modern languages and literature, history, philosophy, religion, visual and performing arts (including music). Additional subjects sometimes included in the humanities are anthropology, area studies, communications and cultural studies, sometimes regarded as social sciences.
The Dallas Institute Names 2010 Recipient of $50,000 Hiett Prize in the Humanities Dallas - Mark Oppenheimer, Ph.D., author, editor, lecturer in the English and Political Science departments of Yale University, and teacher of creative writing at Wellesley College, is the 2010 recipient of the $50,000 Hiett Prize in the Humanities from The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.
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New Lake County school gets Rotary donation LARRY ELL Staff Writer LEESBURG -- Lake County's new Humanities and Fine Arts Charter school has only been open for two weeks, but it's already ...
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MASS HUMANITIES: Local attorney elected to Board At its June meeting, the board of directors of Mass Humanities unanimously elected Winchester resident Kenneth J. Vacovec to serve as a member starting this September.
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5 things you should know about new Hope scholars program 1. What is the Mellon Scholars Program? A three-year research program for arts and humanities students to collaborate with professors from a variety of disciplines and share research via web video and other technology. A $200,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funds it.
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Anthro museum gets grant A grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, awarded in June to the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology as part of a K-12 Civics Initiative Major Grant, will be used for outreach programs for local schools. ...
