• Medieval and Renaissance Studies

    The mission of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies is to enable and promote the most expansive, creative, and daring scholarship in medieval and renaissance studies. Read more

  • Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict

    Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict houses an array of collaborative student programs and research initiatives that engage the complicated role of religion, for good and ill, across societies and cultures, including faculty seminars, conferences, publications and reports. Read more

  • Jewish Studies

    Jewish Studies is an interdisciplinary academic program and research center hybrid. Read more

  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

    The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University serves as an incubator for humanities scholarship and research through an interdisciplinary lens. Read more

  • Center for Imagination in the Borderlands

    The Center for Imagination in the Borderlands aims to spark inquiry, action and reimagine what America’s borderlands can be. It is part of the humanities division of The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU. Read more

Humanities at ASU: The human adventure across time and place

The humanities study the past and present of diverse cultures in order to create a more just and humane future. Languages, literature, history, philosophy, film and media, linguistics, and creative writing are just some of the disciplines the humanities encompass.

Arizona State University students and scholars, from the first-year student setting foot on campus for the first time to the distinguished faculty member with worldwide eminence, come together in and out of the classroom to understand our world and to create new knowledge about the peoples and cultures inhabiting the Earth. The humanities flourish within varied academic programs at the university, from the life sciences, law, media, arts and engineering to ASU’s distinguished humanities departments, schools and research centers.

Come see some of what humanists@ASU do and the transdisciplinary research, education and community service that underpins ASU — a New American University.

Environmental Humanities Initiative

The environmental humanities bring humanists together with social scientists and scientists to improve human wellbeing, promote justice, and protect earth’s life support systems. more

Climate Futures Initiative

Imagination is essential to the ability of individuals and societies to create, design and bring about the futures they want. more

Center for the Study of Race and Democracy

The Center for the Study of Race and Democracy is the only organization in the State of Arizona and one of a very few organizations in the U.S. that offers citizens access to scholarly research, interdisciplinary study, discourse and debate and advocacy on cutting-edge issues related to race and democracy. more

Desert Humanities Initiative

Deserts are demanding and pose large questions to us—questions that invite ecological solutions at scale. more