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URI\u2019s Center for the Humanities was established by Faculty Senate legislation in 1994 and is designed to foster intellectual exchange and independent inquiry, analysis, and interpretation of the humanities in research, teaching, and learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our lecture series, Brown Bag talks, and more. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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People<\/h2>

Meet the Center’s Board of Directors.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Funding<\/h2>

The Center is funded by the state and several generous endowments.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Contact us!<\/strong>
Dr. Erik Loomis, Director of the Center for Humanities,
eloomis@uri.edu<\/a>
Laura Stiffler, Admin. Assistant to the Director, uri.humanities@gmail.com<\/a>
Or visit us in Swan 178!<\/strong>
To donate to the Center for the Humanities, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What are the humanities?<\/a><\/strong>
The humanities are the stories, the ideas, and the words that help us understand our lives and our world. They introduce us to people we have never met, places we have never visited, and ideas that may never have crossed our minds. By showing how others have lived and thought about life, the humanities help us decide what is important and what we can do to make our own life and the lives of others better. By connecting us with other people, the humanities point the way to answers about what is ethical and what is true to our diverse heritage, traditions, and history. They help us address the challenges we face together as families, communities, and nations. As fields of study, the humanities emphasize analysis and exchange of ideas and may be interdisciplinary. Watch the Center for Humanities 20th Anniversary<\/a> video.
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Traditional humanities disciplines include Art History, English, History, Languages and Philosophy. Scholars in other disciplines often take humanistic approaches to their work. These disciplines can include Art, Communication Studies, Economics, Gender and Women\u2019s Studies, Music, Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology, Theater, and Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Humanities and Popular Culture\/Counterculture<\/h1>

A yearlong humanities speaker series<\/p>Series events<\/a><\/div><\/div>

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