Outline of the humanities

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the humanities:

Humanities – the humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.

Politics and the humanities

Arts and Humanities Research Council – British Research Council and non-departmental public body that provides approximately £102 million from the Government to support research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities.
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities – major international statement on open access / access to knowledge. By 24 October 2011, 324 organizations had signed the declaration.
Humanities Colleges – part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom, and a source of extra funding.
National Endowment for the Humanities – independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities – established in Washington, DC in 1982 by an Executive Order from President Ronald Reagan and works with each Administration to incorporate the arts and the humanities into White House objectives.
Public humanities – work of federal, state, nonprofit and community-based cultural organizations that engage the public in conversations, facilitate and present lectures, exhibitions, performances and other programs for the general public on topics such as history, philosophy, popular culture and the arts.

History of the humanities

Humanitas
List of people considered a founder in a Humanities field
Renaissance humanism – movement of cultural and educational reform that focused on study of the studia humanitatis, today known as the humanities.

History of humanities fields

History of the classics
- Origins of the classics
  - Ancient Greece (outline) –
  - Ancient Rome (outline) –
Historiography – history of history.
Origin of language
History of literature
History of philosophy
History of religion
History of the visual arts
- History of architecture
- History of arts and crafts
- History of drawing
- History of film
- History of painting
- History of photography
- History of sculpture
History of performing arts

History of the humanities that are also social sciences

Humanities education

Some humanities departments

Humanities Division, University of Oxford
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Moscow University for the Humanities
Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences
University of California Humanities Research Institute – university system-wide research institute headquartered at the UC Irvine campus that promotes collaboration and interdisciplinarity through supporting work by teams of researchers from varying fields both within and outside of the UC system.

Humanities awards

National Humanities Medal – given by the National Endowment for the Humanities to honor individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities, broadened citizens’ engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand Americans’ access to important resources in the humanities.

Publications in the humanities

Main article: List of humanities journals

General humanities organizations

People influential in the humanities

List of people considered a founder in a Humanities field

References

External links

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