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Congratulations, Class of 2024!

The Humanities Council celebrates seniors in the Class of 2024 who were awarded 73 certificates and seven independent majors across five Council undergraduate programs – European Cultural Studies, Humanistic Studies, […] »

2021-2022 Haarlow Prizes Awarded

Two Haarlow prizes were awarded this past academic year to students who delivered exceptional papers to a 200-Level Humanistic Studies course during the academic year 2021-2022. The winners are Rachel […] »

Class of 2027, Join us for Princeton Preview

The Western Humanities Sequence, Everything You Always Wanted to Know Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 2:30 – 4:30 pm Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 2:30 – 4:30 pm Table 32, McCosh Courtyard »

Join us at the Academic Expo

Please join us to learn more about the Humanistic Studies Program. Thursday, September 1, 2022, 1:00-4:00 PM, Frick Chemistry Lab & McDonnell Brush Gallery Learn more about our Humanities Sequences […] »

HUM Students Attend ‘Elektra’ at the Met

By Nolan W. Musslewhite ‘25 The 2021-22 Humanities Sequence class headed to the Metropolitan Opera on April 1 for the opening night of Strauss’s “Elektra.”  The performance, said students, was […] »

Join us at the Virtual Certificate Expo

Please join us to learn more about the Humanistic Studies Certificate. Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 5:00-6:00 PM EST This event is part of Wintersession, for full schedule and registration, visit […] »

HUM Takes Excursions to the Met and the Morgan

HUM 216/217, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Western Culture II: Literature and the Arts, History, Philosophy and Religion, went on two excursions during the fall semester, the first to the Metropolitan Museum […] »

2020-2021 Haarlow Prizes Awarded

Haarlow prizes were awarded this summer to two students who delivered exceptional papers to a 200-Level Humanistic Studies course during the academic year 2020-2021. The winners are Laura Haubold ’24 […] »

Class of 2025 – Join us at the Academic Expo

The Academic Expo is an open house for first-year students to explore academic departments and programs at Princeton. It will be held virtually this year and all three of our Humanities Sequences will hold […] »

Congratulations to the Class of 2021!

The Program in Humanistic Studies is proud to award 16 certificates to seniors from 11 different concentrations. The certificate program provides a home for students to explore new perspectives within […] »

Fall 2021 HUM Courses Announced

The Program in Humanistic Studies announces the Fall 2021 courses which are open to students from all concentrations. HUM courses are broad-based, interdisciplinary, and often team-taught. They have no prerequisites […] »

Class of 2025, Join us for Princeton Preview

The Western Humanities Sequence, Everything You Always Wanted to Know Friday, April 16, 2021, 4:30 PM EST If you missed the live event, check out the recording here https://youtu.be/HndfQAsPTBs »

Organizing Stories: Community Organizing 101

Workshop in conjunction with the class “HUM 352, Arts in the Invisible City: Race, Policy, Performance” NEW DATE: Thurs, March 11 at 4:30-5:30 pm on ZoomThis event is open to […] »

2019-2020 Haarlow Prizes Awarded

Two Haarlow prizes and two honorable mentions were awarded over the summer to students who delivered exceptional papers to a 200-Level Humanistic Studies course during the academic year, 2019-2020. The […] »

Join us at the Certificate Expo

Please join us to learn more about the Humanistic Studies Certificate. Friday, February 5, 2021, 3:00-4:30 PM EST For full schedule and registration, visit: https://airtable.com/shrjBhggl03rXa904/tbloluCBNA97RJkqv »

Spring 2021 Courses Announced

The Program in Humanistic Studies is announces the Spring 2021 courses which are open to students from all majors. HUM courses are broad based, interdisciplinary and often team-taught. They have no prerequisites […] »

HUM 216-219 Alumni Panel “Owning HUM”

On Wednesday, September 2nd at 10:00 AM (EST), students from the 2019-20 sequence class have invited a panel of alumni to talk about HUM 216-217 in a discussion entitled “Owning […] »

HUM Alumni: Reckoning with a Beloved Course

The Interdisciplinary Approaches to Western Culture is a Princeton staple. How is it adapting to become more critical of the Western canon it teaches? HUM students and professors share their perspectives on how the […] »

Congratulations to the Class of 2020!

This year the Program in Humanistic Studies is proud to award 17 certificates to seniors from 11 different departments. The certificate program provides a platform for students to explore new […] »

Humanistic Studies Announces Fall 2020 Courses

The Program in Humanistic Studies is excited to announce new Fall 2020 courses open to students from all majors. HUM courses are broad based, interdisciplinary and often team-taught. They have no prerequisites […] »
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Humanistic Studies Senior Awarded Pyne Prize

Princeton University senior Emma Coley has been named co-winner of the 2020 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate. She shares the award with […] »
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2018-2019 Haarlow Prizes Awarded

Each year, the Haarlow Prize is awarded to students who deliver exceptional papers to a 200-Level Humanistic Studies course. This year’s winners are Allie Mangel ’22 and Fumika Mizuno ’21. For […] »
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Council Launches Near Eastern Humanities Sequence

For the first time this fall, the Humanities Council’s Program in Humanistic Studies will be offering students a Near Eastern Humanities Sequence alongside the East Asian Humanities Sequence and the […] »

Welcome Class of 2023!

Welcome to Princeton University and the Program in Humanistic Studies. We invite you to join our lively community of faculty and students, who represent all divisions and departments of the […] »

Rafail Zoulis Named Salutatorian

Rafail Zoulis, a classics major from Athens, Greece, has been named the Latin salutatorian. Zoulis is pursuing certificates in Hellenic studies, Humanistic Studies and Medieval Studies. Read the full story […] »

Princeton Preview 2019: Welcome, Class of 2023!

Princeton Preview gives newly admitted students to the Class of 2023 and their families an opportunity to sample the University’s academic, residential and social offerings. The annual hosting program will […] »

Excavating Princeton and American history

On Jan. 3, 1777, British and American forces fought a critical battle of the Revolutionary War on and around the Princeton University campus. This semester, 18 students in the course […] »

Princeton Preview 2018: Welcome, Class of 2022!

Princeton Preview gives newly admitted students to the Class of 2022 and their families an opportunity to sample the University’s academic, residential and social offerings. The annual hosting program will […] »

What’s New in HUM This Spring

Freshman and sophomores from all majors are welcome to join the HUM Sequence 218-219 mid-year.  There are no prerequisites.  Among the six distinguished faculty who will teach this intensive two-credit course […] »
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