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    Greetings from Clare Haru Crowston, Associate Dean for Humanities

    WHAT ARE THE ‘HUMANITIES’ AND WHY SHOULD I STUDY THEM?

    If you are visiting this website out of intellectual curiosity sparked by a familiar word used in an unfamiliar way, then you are the kind of person who thrives as a humanities major.

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