In 1799, soldiers of Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign were knocking down walls to build a fort near the city of Rosetta when they found a large basalt slab inscribed with strange symbols.
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The origins of the universe, how we emerged as humans, the histories of civilizations, a family tree and childhood memories all share something very important: a valuation of the past.
When we study language, we start with the most fundamental questions about experience, knowledge and interpretation to investigate the distinguishing characteristics, culture and communication of humans.
Few human beings are truly alone. Most of us are embedded from birth in families, communities, institutions, tribes or clans whose expectations and values help to shape our individual expectations and from whom we may learn how to think about who we are and where we belong in the world.
Through robust collaboration and mutual exchange of ideas and experiences, humanities translates art, culture and creative expression into experiences, scholarship, service and solution-building for ASU faculty, students, and our community partners.
At ASU, contemporary philosophers address science, culture, ethics and the law, the powers (and limitations) of the human mind, and other questions with the tools of thought created, or discovered, over thousands of years.
Humanists can explore and analyze multiple narratives about the future, recognizing how human diversity and the variety of cultural pathways we inhabit affect and circumscribe future visions.
Through the Institute for Humanities Research, humanities scholars collaborate with each other and with researchers across the university to address our most fundamental and challenging “big questions”: Read more
At the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, we make the future – or, rather, the set of plausible futures that humanity has – a focus of our activities. We are planning now for the kinds of futures that we will want to inhabit. Read more
The environmental humanities bring humanists together with social scientists and scientists to improve human wellbeing, promote justice, and protect earth’s life support systems. Read more
The History and Philosophy of Science shows that scientists ask the big questions that are typically considered humanities questions: what is life, who are we, where did we come from, how can we achieve a good life. Read more
The humanities explore the past and present of human culture so we can understand ourselves -- and create a better world for the future.
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. Humanities is embedded in many different 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.
In 1799, soldiers of Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign were knocking down walls to build a fort near the city of Rosetta when they found a large basalt slab inscribed with strange symbols.
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