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Humanities, including humanistic social sciences, concern themselves with a systematic study of the human condition and its cultural expression. At the basis of the humanities is the awareness of a long tradition of humanistic discourse, its history of arts and letters, philosophy, and social thought, along with major foundational texts, from ancient times to the present. Throughout their long history, humanities have maintained a degree of coherence and integrity even as they evolved and expanded in response to change, encounters with other cultures, and a continuous reëxamination of the humanistic tradition. The aim of this program is to make the humanistic legacy available to students from across the university and to increasing their awareness of the broader context of their own particular and specialized disciplines and areas of study. Whatever your academic profile, we believe that your research and understanding will be enriched by your grasp of the humanistic tradition. As a program, ISH is designed to help students pursuing honors, the major, Masters or a Joint Ph.D. in Humanities locate their specific subject matter and disciplinary perspective in a broader context of the humanities at large; ISH also provides them with a community of peers with similar interests regardless of their area of concentration. Courses in the program are designed to introduce students to foundational texts in their historical context and from different disciplinary perspectives: literary and historical studies (including cultural, intellectual, social, and art history), philosophy, religious studies, as well as the humanistic social sciences. * * * The Undergraduate Program offers two sets of courses (160s and 190s) and a required core colloquium (Hum 100). The 160 series provide historical surveys; the 190s are more focused and are taught as seminars for juniors and seniors. In addition, ISH administers Senior Research Tutorials for thesis writers, runs a thesis workshop,* provides writing consultants and a thesis discussion forum (Senior Colloquy). As you can see from the list of senior theses written over the last two decades, the ISH honors, including the majors, have covered a lot of ground. Honors students who also elect to major in Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities may choose one of the following concentrations:
* * * The Graduate Program in Humanities (GPH) for students pursuing an M.A. or a Joint Ph.D. in Humanities offers graduate-level seminars with comprehensive period coverage. In addition, students in the Graduate Program in Humanities organize the annual GPH Symposium (the capstone of the GPH program) and participate in the graduate student and faculty Colloquium which meets five times a year. * * * ISH has a long history at Stanford going back to the late 1940s and has undergone several permutations, but it has continued to maintain its commitment to humanities at large. In each of the last five years, ISH programs have awarded, on average, twelve B.A. degrees with Honors, four M.A. and four Join Ph.D. degrees in Humanities. Participating Departments: Art and Art History, Classics, Comparative Literature, Drama, Education, English, French and Italian, German Studies, History, Modern Thought and Literature, Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Spanish and Portuguese. Gregory Freidin, Director updated: 05/15/2008 Please note: the office of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities administers the following programs.
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