Division of Humanities

The world-class faculty who cover the expansive intellectual terrain of the departments and programs in the Humanities division of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences are dedicated to the study of who we are, what we are, and what we might become. They are experts in languages, cultures, and traditions, who think critically about our globalized world and the societal issues that arise out of it. Through collaboration, research, and teaching, they create conversations around the most pressing questions that humankind has addressed from antiquity to the 21st century.

The divisional dean of the Humanities is Kathryn Lofton.

In the list of Humanities units below, programs are labeled as such, and those marked with † are cross-divisional.

Departments & Programs

African American Studies†

Phillip Atiba Solomon

Chair

American Studies (Program)†

Laura Barraclough

Chair

Classics

Kirk Freudenburg

Chair

Comparative Literature

Martin Hägglund

Chair

English

Jessica Brantley

Chair

French

Maurice Samuels

Chair

History

Alan Mikhail

Chair

History of Art

Milette Gaifman

Chair

Humanities (Program)

Pauline LeVen

Chair

Italian Studies

Jane Tylus

Chair

Music

Ian Quinn

Chair

Gundula Kreuzer (2023-2024)

Acting Chair

Philosophy

Paul Franks

Chair

Religious Studies

Frank Griffel

Chair

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Edyta Bojanowska

Chair

Spanish and Portuguese

Jesús Velasco

Chair

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Program)†

Roderick Ferguson

Chair

Regina Kunzel (Fall 2023)

Acting Chair

Additional Programs

Jewish Studies (Program)

Eliyahu Stern

Chair

Medieval Studies (Program)

Emily Thornbury

Chair