About PHC:Humanities Defined

The humanities are stories of human struggle and success, conflict and community, rooted in history, literature, and other fields of knowledge. They are ways to think critically about our most meaningful journeys: the search through experience for wisdom, and the search through personal life for connections to the lives of others around us, to those who have gone before us, and to those who will come after us.

Former PHC Board Chair Ann M Benzel on the meaning of the humanities

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Besides history and literature, humanities fields include philosophy, the history and criticism of the arts, comparative religion, the study of languages and linguistics, cultural anthropology and archaeology, jurisprudence, and studies within the social sciences concerned with humankind's search for meaning and value.

This special approach to understanding the human experience based on reflection and dialog is ALIVE in Pennsylvania — and supported by PHC.

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• About PHC
• Humanities Defined
• Message from the Executive Director
• Board and Staff
• Downloadable PHC Logos