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Founded in 2000, Bucknell’s Program in Comparative Humanities explores cultural traditions, history, literature, and art from an interdisciplinary perspective. By examining specific topics through several lenses, students learn to compare and analyze different cultures, historical periods, media, and modes of thought in a thorough and multidimensional way. The program’s small size and flexibility
04/28/2026
Comparative and Digital Humanities majors chart individualized paths through the liberal arts. With one-on-one faculty mentorship, each senior writes and defends a thesis. Join us next Thursday for Nora Finlay's defense. Congratulations, Nora, on this milestone!
03/28/2026
fall 2026!
03/28/2026
A student-led seminar discussion of Giovanni Arrighi's systemic cycles of accumulation and the origins of finance in Professor Bret Leraul's HUMN 150 "Making Modern Worlds." Thanks to some collective bargaining by students, we had class outside the first really warm day of spring!
03/28/2026
fall 2026
03/25/2026
Fall 2026!
03/23/2026
Join us for this award winning historical psychodrama about the life of a woman in 18th century Europe. Stay for the conversation with Dr Kathy Stuart following the screening Tuesday 3/24 at 7 pm.
02/24/2026
Just six weeks ago, US marines captured and imprisoned the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. Since then, the Trump administration has claimed rights to Venezuelan oil. As spectacular or strange as these events may seem, this is just the latest episode in more than a century of US military, political, and economic intervention in Latin America. Learn about this long history to better understand the present in conversation with your peers and a panel of local experts. Free pizza for all!
02/05/2026
Check out the fascinating work of Dr Manalang at the intersection of religious sentiment and the international division of care work.
09/28/2025
We know it's already week five, but with autumn officially underway, we thought it; it would be a good time to celebrate the start of a new academic year! Bring a friend! Eat Pizza! RSVP! (QR code or https://forms.gle/M2CR48TZ6y7L5VFu6)