Division of Humanities
Knowledge from antiquity to the present
The faculty of the FAS Humanities division cover an expansive intellectual terrain. They are experts in history, literature, language, philosophy, and the arts. Their work asks who we are and what we might become as they make new discoveries about the past and present that will shape the future of human culture. Through collaboration, research, and teaching, they initiate conversations around the most pressing questions that humankind has addressed from antiquity to the present.
The divisional dean of the Humanities is Marc Robinson.
Humanities departments and programs
The FAS's 20+ humanities units cover the range of human knowledge: from English to Classics; from History of Art to Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies; from the world's languages and literatures to History. In addition, several programs are cross-divisional, bridging Humanities and Social Science.
News
Yale Review Named Finalist for National Magazine Awards in Fiction and Criticism
This is the first time the Yale Review, edited by FAS Professor in the Practice Meghan O'Rourke, has been named a finalist in two award categories for the American Society of Magazine Editors annual awards.
In Memoriam: Bentley Layton, distinguished Coptic linguist and scholar of ancient Christianity
Bentley Layton, the Goff Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and a field-transforming scholar, died on March 26.
Finding the ‘universal’: How Chinese aesthetics shaped the Russian modernists
In a new book, FAS assistant professor Jinyi Chu shows how Russian modernists turned to Chinese art forms to expand their understanding of the universal.
Paola Bertucci wins 2025 Paul Bunge Prize for latest book
Her book, In the Land of Marvels, was honored with the most prestigious international award for works on the history of scientific instruments.
Becoming better thinkers through art and culture
How does architecture affect the way we live? Does it influence our health and our healing? Fatima Naqvi, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of German and Film Studies in the FAS, explores these questions in her new book. She looks at how writers and directors portray the architecture of hospitals and describe their experience from the 1880s to the present. Naqvi’s scholarship lies at the intersection of architecture, literature, and film. She argues that by experiencing culture and the arts, we become better thinkers in ways that are difficult to quantify but nevertheless profound.
FAS Humanities contacts
- FAS Dean of Humanities; Malcolm G. Chace '56 Professor of Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies and English; Professor of American Studies; Professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism
- FAS Dean's Office
- Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (Program)
- English
- American Studies (Program)
- Senior Associate Dean; Dean of Faculty Affairs
- FAS Dean's Office