humanities

studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

"the college of arts and sciences"

The humanities are a group of academic subjects united by a commitment to studying aspects of the human condition and a qualitative approach that generally prevents a single paradigm from coming to define any discipline. In academia, the humanities are generally considered to be, along with the social sciences and the natural sciences, one of three major components of the Liberal_artsliberal arts and sciences.While the precise definition of the humanities can be contentious, the following disciplines are generally recognized to form their core:

Literature, literary criticism, and comparative literature

Philosophy

The Classics:

* Ancient Greek languageGreek

* Latin

The study of religion

Law and Jurisprudence

Art, art history, art criticism, and theory

Music and Musicology

Cultural StudiesCultural and Area studies

Theory of Human SciencesHuman Sciences

* Regional interdisciplinary fields such as East Asian studies, American studies, and African-American studiesHistory, while also considered at times a social science, is one of the most prominent humanities in the United States as measured by foundation contributions, National Endowment for the Humanities projects, and National Humanities Centers fellowships.Some expand the definition to include other studies of human life using qualitative description and analysis, including at large parts of the following fields:

Cultural anthropology

Sociology

Political science

Archaeology

Some branches of economicsThe 1980 United States Rockefeller Commission on the Humanities described the humanities in its report, ''The Humanities in American Life'':: Through the humanities we reflect on the fundamental question: What does it mean to be human? The humanities offer clues but never a complete answer. They reveal how people have tried to make moral, spiritual, and intellectual sense of a world in which irrationality, despair, loneliness, and death are as conspicuous as birth, friendship, hope, and reason.Scholars working in the humanities are sometimes described as humanists, but this can be confusing, as it also describes a philosophical position (humanism) which some antihumanist scholars in the humanities reject.

See also -

The Two Cultures

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The LostStories Channel
Knowledge resource center harmonizing the truths discovered in the pursuit of philosophy, theology, history, science, the arts, and the humanities.
http://www.loststories.net/

ISNM International School of New Media at the University of Lübeck
The ISNM offers a unique interdisciplinary Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Digital Media program, which combines information technology and computer science with natural sciences, economics, arts, humanities, social and applied sciences. The internationally accredited program is entirely conducted in English. It focuses on the latest trends of digital media technology and their sustainable use in a global context.
http://www.isnm.de

European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin
ECLA, Germany’s first private liberal arts college.
http://www.ecla.de/

National Endowment for the Humanities
Supports learning and funds research, education, museum exhibitions, documentaries, and preservation activities in the United States. Offers news and publications, as well as descriptions of current projects.
http://www.neh.fed.us/

Voice of the Shuttle
Portal maintained by Alan Liu of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Features a history of the project, news and offers visitors the opportunity to participate by becoming volunteer editors.
http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Humbul Humanities Hub
Cataloged and annotated resources covering the humanities and social sciences.
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/

EDSITEment
Click on the "Literature and Language Arts" text to access numerous resources from the Academy of American Poets through Women of the West Museum as well as lesson plans and activities.
http://edsitement.neh.gov

Humanities Text Initiative
University of Michigan's online humanities text archives.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/