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
New courses and programs re-center conversation about Ukraine
Olha Tytarenko, who last year introduced an on-campus Ukrainian language course for Yale students, is now adding more courses and programs that she says will broaden students’ understanding of the country.
Daniel HoSang for the New York Times: The Rise of the Multiracial Right
Professor of American Studies Daniel Martinez HoSang writes a multimedia essay for the New York Times about the shift of nonwhite voters in the U.S. to the right.
Digging deep for new insights into ancient societies
Professors Harvey Weiss, John Darnell, and Nadine Moeller, all in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, regularly travel to archaeological sites with teams of students to do their own fieldwork.
Hinton named the Class of 1954 Professor of History and Black Studies
Elizabeth Hinton, who joined the Yale faculty in 2020, is one of the nation’s leading experts on policing and mass incarceration in the United States.
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, and Performance Studies and of 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