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The university celebrates the study and growth of the humanities through dedicated departments and programs and through institutional commitments to interdisciplinary research and teaching.

The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry serves as a focal point for humanities endeavors at Emory and serves to advance research and teaching, overall, in the humanities.

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Student discovers new way of 'Looking at the Familiar'

May 7, 2013

Emory students collaborate on exhibits examining race, sex

April 28, 2013

American Academy elects Emory's Trethewey

April 24, 2013

Natasha Trethewey elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

April 24, 2013

The 'dirty ecology' of 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'

April 8, 2013

Graduate, professional schools rise in the rankings

March 13, 2013

Emory historian examines legacy of Hugo Chavez

March 8, 2013

Digital project focuses on Lincoln-based sermons

Feb. 22, 2013

Bill Shapiro: Soul of a Teacher

Dec. 12, 2012

Center for study of race, difference appoints new director

Nov. 11, 2012

Flannery O'Connor, Freud to be discussed at Emory

Oct. 15, 2012

Gyanendra Pandey: Refocusing the lens of history

Oct. 5, 2012

Students flock to European politics program in Germany

Sep. 17, 2012

Trethewey opens world of poetry to Emory students

Sep. 10, 2012

Julie Delliquanti: Creating engaging exhibits

Sep. 7, 2012

Educating Miss America

Aug. 22, 2012

African Origins website launches vast expansion

Aug. 20, 2012

Deciphering America's different dialects

Aug. 13, 2012

Summer reading at MARBL: See the really classic editions

Aug. 6, 2012

Video: Visual awareness may bridge science and religion

July 30, 2012

Sawyer Seminar takes shape with Mellon Foundation funding

July 25, 2012

Shannan Palma: Confronting myths, creating change

July 24, 2012

Liberal arts build truly open minds

July 9, 2012

A look at the advertising industry in 'Mad Men'

June 12, 2012

Emory's Trethewey named U.S. Poet Laureate

June 10, 2012

A professor's take on 'Mad Men' and women

June 8, 2012

New Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey 'explores the human struggles we all face'

June 7, 2012

New laureate looks deep into memory

June 6, 2012

Mellon Foundation's next president hopes to help shape higher education

June 3, 2012

Emory acquires vast African American photo collection

June 1, 2012

A professor's death ripples outward

May 21, 2012

Career paths for grad students

May 21, 2012

Romanian immigrant honored with McMullan Award

May 10, 2012

Dunn receives Brittain Award for service and leadership

May 9, 2012

Classics thrive at Oxford

May 3, 2012

Emory provost elected next president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

May 2, 2012

Civil rights archive opens to the public

May 2, 2012

SCLC archive open to public at Emory

May 2, 2012

Emory approves new Ph.D. in Islamic Civilizations Studies

May 2, 2012

Emory receives Safe Communities Award

April 26, 2012

Social Enterprise @ Goizueta center makes its official debut

April 25, 2012

Emory faculty available to discuss racial issues

April 25, 2012

French philosopher Ranciere to speak

April 23, 2012

From Russia, with love

April 19, 2012

Mosquito-borne diseases under attack in Haiti, Dominican Republic

April 19, 2012

American Academy elects Emory's Schuchard

April 18, 2012

Faculty awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

April 18, 2012

Art can reach fading minds

April 18, 2012

Prominent French philosopher to speak at Emory

April 11, 2012

Report urges new tax on medical care

April 10, 2012

Emory makes top case in global health contest

April 6, 2012

New art history fellowship at High Museum

April 2, 2012

Evangelicalism, capitalism and chicken sandwiches

Mar. 19, 2012

Emory's James Flannery named Irishman of the Year

Mar. 15, 2012

U.S. News ranks Emory's graduate and professional schools

Mar. 14, 2012

Emory to host Cartooning for Peace symposium

Mar. 13, 2012

Tennessee riot of 1946 part of hidden civil rights history

Mar. 13, 2012

The shaping of the Civil Rights Movement part of hidden civil rights history

Mar. 9, 2012

Novelists, neuroscientists trade mental notes

Mar. 7, 2012

Cleo Wright lynching part of hidden civil rights history

Mar. 6, 2012

'Spectacle lynching' part of hidden civil rights history

Feb. 29, 2012

Alum Frank Main cracks Chicago's criminal code, wins Pulitzer Prize

Feb. 29, 2012

Emory as poetry center

Feb. 27, 2012

Scottsboro Boys part of hidden civil rights history

Feb. 22, 2012

Mourning Whitney: Social media magnify the grief process

Feb. 19, 2012

Missouri sharecroppers strike part of hidden civil rights history

Feb. 16, 2012

Super Tuesday key for Republican candidates

Feb. 14, 2012

Tulsa riot part of hidden civil rights history

Feb. 9, 2012

Black History Month features conversations, music and more

Feb. 9, 2012

Will California same-sex marriage ruling affect Georgia's ban? A conversation with Emory law professor Robert Schapiro

Feb. 7, 2012

Documentary on Emory debuts at Founders Week

Feb. 6, 2012

Emory wins 3 MLA awards

Feb. 2, 2012

China speaker series launched

Feb. 1, 2012

Leading public health expert to speak

Jan. 31, 2012

Mosaic tells history of medicine through the ages

Jan. 26, 2012

Reading King's words, celebrating his life keeps dream alive

Jan. 20, 2012

eScienceCommons: add environmental artist to your resume

Nov. 11, 2011

Paul Root Wolpe

Oct. 14, 2011

The science behind pleasure-seeking

Sep. 25, 2011

We shouldn't stop talking about race

Sep. 14, 2011

How to talk to real people

July 22, 2011

Grad students in K-12 classrooms urged

July 18, 2011

Deborah Lipstadt interview

July 5, 2011

Learning lessons of the Holocaust can help prevent intolerance

June 28, 2011

Lipstadt appointed to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council

June 9, 2011

Simon Wiesenthal Center acquires early letter signed by Hitler

June 7, 2011

Colleges come to terms with slave-owning pasts

May 23, 2011

Demjanjuk trial may be last for Holocaust crimes

May 18, 2011

Demjanjuk in Munich

May 16, 2011

'Eichmann Trial' recalls Holocaust victims' worldwide testimony

Mar. 21, 2011

Jean Toomer's conflicted racial identity

Feb. 6, 2011

Conference to explore universities' involvement with slavery

Feb. 1, 2011

An act of faith, desperation or protest: self-immolations through time

Jan. 19, 2011