Departments and Programs

Professor Harleen Singh (second from left)

The Division of Humanities at Brandeis comprises six departments and 11 programs.

Departments

• Classical Studies

• English

• German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature

• Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

• Philosophy

• Romance Studies

Programs

• Comparative Humanities (on hiatus)

• Comparative Literature and Culture

• East Asian Studies

• European Cultural Studies

• History of Ideas

• Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

• Italian Studies

• Latin American and Latino Studies

• Medieval and Renaissance Studies

• Religious Studies

• South Asian Studies

• University Writing Program

Associated Fields

The aim of the division is to unite scholars and students who engage in humanist inquiry across the borders of discipline and departments. We list below the names of other Brandeis programs and departments that are associated by virtue of their humanist approach to intellectual inquiry.

• African and African American Studies

• American Studies

• Anthropology

• Education

• Film, Television and Interactive Media

• Fine Arts

• History

• International and Global Studies

• Music

• Theater Arts

• Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies