{"id":205278,"date":"2017-08-14T15:15:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T15:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-11-07T20:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:55:18","slug":"institute-for-the-humanities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/institute-for-the-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute for the Humanities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Our Mission<\/h2>\n<p>Our mission is to foster intellectual curiosity and critical thinking transcending disciplinary boundaries and an understanding and appreciation of the human experience as approached via literature, history, philosophy, ethics, religion, and the arts.\u00a0 Our aim is to provide programming and support initiatives for NJ high schools and the campus community at large that model the transformative power of the Humanities to shape a more enlightened and empathetic world and help us understand and engage with today&#8217;s major human and social issues<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact-info\"><div class=\"contact-info-header\"><span>Contact Institute for the Humanities<\/span><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-body\"><dl><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Location:<\/dt><dd>Dickson Hall room 105<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Phone:<\/dt><dd><a href=\"tel:973-655-7516\" class=\"a11y-phone-number\">973-655-7516<\/a><\/dd><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Fax:<\/dt><dd>973-655-7207<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Email:<\/dt><dd><a href=\"mailto:inst_hum@montclair.edu\">inst_hum@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>News and Announcements<\/h2>\n<ul class='news-feed horizontal'><li class='news-item'><div class='image-holder'><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\"  data-original-image=\"\/institute-for-the-humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2025\/11\/classics.day_.2.jpg\" 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