Humanities, GEE-HOW
The humanities are those branches of knowledge that concern themselves with human beings and their culture. The humanities include the study of all languages and literatures, the arts, history, and philosophy.
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Geertz, Clifford
Clifford Geertz was an American cultural anthropologist, a leading rhetorician and proponent of symbolic anthropology......
Gemistus Plethon, George
George Gemistus Plethon was a Byzantine philosopher and humanist scholar whose clarification of the distinction......
Genealogy
Genealogy, the study of family origins and history. Genealogists compile lists of ancestors, which they arrange......
General semantics
General semantics, a philosophy of language-meaning that was developed by Alfred Korzybski (1879–1950), a Polish-American......
Gennep, Arnold van
Arnold van Gennep was a French ethnographer and folklorist, best known for his studies of the rites of passage......
geography
geography, the study of the diverse environments, places, and spaces of Earth’s surface and their interactions.......
- Introduction
- Exploration, Mapping, Science
- Academic Discipline, 19th Century, Education
- Exploration, Mapping, Cartography
- UK, Academic, Development
- Spatial Analysis, Human-Environment Interaction, Globalization
- Landforms, Climate, Environment
- Locational Analysis, Human Impact, Spatial Patterns
- GIS, Mapping, Analysis
- Human-Environment Interaction, Spatial Analysis, Globalization
- Human, Population, Landscape
- Mapping, Cartography, GIS
- Physical, Human, Regional
geomorphology
geomorphology, scientific discipline concerned with the description and classification of the Earth’s topographic......
geopolitics
geopolitics, analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations. The word......
George Of Trebizond
George Of Trebizond was a Byzantine humanist, Greek scholar, and Aristotelian polemist. His academic influence......
Gershwin, Ira
Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, George Gershwin, on more than......
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. Though......
Ghiberti, Lorenzo
Lorenzo Ghiberti was an early Italian Renaissance sculptor celebrated for his mastery of pictorial space and lifelike......
Gifford, Edward W.
Edward W. Gifford was an American anthropologist, archaeologist, and student of California Indian ethnography who......
Gilder, Jeannette Leonard
Jeannette Leonard Gilder was an American editor and writer, a prolific and influential figure in popular journalism,......
Gill, Brendan
Brendan Gill was an American critic and writer chiefly known for his work as critic of film, drama, and architecture......
Gillen, Francis James
Francis James Gillen was an Australian anthropologist who did pioneering fieldwork among the Aborigines of central......
Ginzberg, Louis
Louis Ginzberg was a Lithuanian-born American Judaic scholar. Ginzberg studied the Talmud at several rabbinical......
Giocondo, Fra Giovanni
Fra Giovanni Giocondo was an Italian humanist, architect, and engineer, whose designs and written works signal......
Glareanus, Henricus
Henricus Glareanus was a Swiss Humanist, poet, teacher, and music theorist, known especially for his publication......
Gleason, Jean Berko
Jean Berko Gleason is an American psycholinguist best known as the creator of the Wug Test, a tool used to study......
globalization, Cultural
Cultural globalization, phenomenon by which the experience of everyday life, as influenced by the diffusion of......
Glossematics
Glossematics, system of linguistic analysis based on the distribution and interrelationship of glossemes, the smallest......
Gluckman, Max
Max Gluckman was a South African social anthropologist esteemed for his contributions to political and legal anthropology,......
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, critic,......
- Introduction
- Sturm und Drang, Poet, Dramatist
- German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
- Italian Journey, Poet, Dramatist
- German Poet, Philosopher, Playwright
- Schiller, Poet, Dramatist
- Napoleonic Period, Poet, Dramatist
- German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
- German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
- German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
Goldenweiser, Alexander
Alexander Goldenweiser was an American anthropologist whose analyses of cultural questions ranged widely, encompassing......
Gomperz, Theodor
Theodor Gomperz was a philosopher and classical scholar, remembered chiefly for his Griechische Denker: eine Geschichte......
Goshen College
Goshen College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Goshen, Ind., U.S. It is a Mennonite liberal......
Gottman, Jean
Jean Gottman was a French geographer who introduced the concept and term megalopolis for large urban configurations.......
Graebner, Fritz
Fritz Graebner was a German ethnologist who advanced the theory of the Kulturkreise, or culture complex, which......
Grammar
Grammar, rules of a language governing the sounds, words, sentences, and other elements, as well as their combination......
Granville-Barker, Harley
Harley Granville-Barker was an English dramatist, producer, and critic whose repertoire seasons and Shakespeare......
Greek calendar
Greek calendar, any of a variety of dating systems used by the several city-states in the time of classical Greece......
Greenberg, Clement
Clement Greenberg was an American art critic who advocated a formalist aesthetic. He is best known as an early......
Greenberg, Joseph H.
Joseph H. Greenberg was an American anthropologist and linguist specializing in African languages and in language......
Greene, Graham
Graham Greene was an English novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist whose novels treat life’s......
Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar, solar dating system now in general use. It was proclaimed in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as a......
Grein, Jack Thomas
Jack Thomas Grein was a Dutch-born British critic, playwright, and theatre manager who influenced British drama......
Grice, Paul
Paul Grice was a contemporary British philosopher known primarily for his foundational contributions to pragmatics,......
Grigoryev, Apollon Aleksandrovich
Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoryev was a Russian literary critic and poet remembered for his theory of organic criticism.......
Grigson, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Grigson was an English editor, poet, and literary critic who became known in the 1930s primarily as the......
Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Freiherr von
Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm was a critic of German descent who played an important part in the spread of......
Grinnell College
Grinnell College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Grinnell, Iowa, U.S. It is a liberal......
Grocyn, William
William Grocyn was a British scholar who helped prepare the ground for the rise of humanism in England. He was......
Grove, Sir George
Sir George Grove was an English writer on music famous for his multivolume Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Grove......
Growth in ticket prices, 1996–2025
From the mid-1990s through the mid-2020s, the cost of live entertainment rose sharply in the United States, outpacing......
Guarino Veronese
Guarino Veronese was an Italian humanist and Classical scholar, one of the pioneers of Greek studies in Renaissance......
Guicciardini, Francesco
Francesco Guicciardini was a Florentine statesman, diplomat, and historian, author of the most important contemporary......
Guido d’Arezzo
Guido d’Arezzo was a medieval music theorist whose principles served as a foundation for modern Western musical......
Guyot, Arnold Henry
Arnold Henry Guyot was a Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological......
Góis, Damião de
Damião de Góis was a leading Portuguese humanist, who had an encyclopaedic mind and was one of the most critical......
H.L. Mencken on American English
The reputation of the journalist and critic H.L. Mencken has seen its ups and downs since his death in 1956. His......
Haas, Mary R
Mary R. Haas was a U.S. linguist. She studied with Edward Sapir at Yale University, where her dissertation was......
Haddon, Alfred Cort
Alfred Cort Haddon was one of the founders of modern British anthropology. Virtually the sole exponent of anthropology......
Hakluyt, Richard
Richard Hakluyt was an English geographer noted for his political influence, his voluminous writings, and his persistent......
Hale, Horatio
Horatio Hale was an American anthropologist, who made valuable linguistic and ethnographic studies of North American......
Halliday, Michael
Michael Halliday was a British linguist, teacher, and proponent of neo-Firthian theory who viewed language basically......
Hallowell, A Irving
A. Irving Hallowell was a U.S. cultural anthropologist known for his work on the North American Indians, especially......
Hamdānī, al-
al-Hamdānī was an Arab geographer, poet, grammarian, historian, and astronomer whose chief fame derives from his......
Hamilton College
Hamilton College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Clinton, New York, U.S. It is a liberal......
Hamilton, Edith
Edith Hamilton was an American educator and author who was a notable popularizer of classical literature. Born......
Hanslick, Eduard
Eduard Hanslick was a celebrated Austrian music critic and a prolific author of works on music and concert life.......
Harris, Marvin
Marvin Harris was an American anthropological historian and theoretician known for his work on cultural materialism.......
Harsdörfer, Georg Philipp
Georg Philipp Harsdörfer was a German poet and theorist of the Baroque movement who wrote more than 47 volumes......
Hartmann, Sadakichi
Sadakichi Hartmann was an American art critic, novelist, poet, and man of letters. The son of a German father and......
Hasdeu, Bogdan Petriceicu
Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu was a scholar and archivist who was a pioneer in Romanian language and historical studies.......
Haskell, Arnold
Arnold Haskell was a British ballet critic who was influential in promoting ballet, especially as a cofounder of......
Haskins, Charles Homer
Charles Homer Haskins was an American educator and a leading medievalist of his generation, known for his critical......
Hauptmann, Moritz
Moritz Hauptmann was a German violinist, composer, teacher, and writer on musical theory. Hauptmann studied music......
Haydon, Benjamin Robert
Benjamin Robert Haydon was an English historical painter and writer, whose Autobiography has proved more enduring......
Hazlitt, William
William Hazlitt was an English writer best known for his humanistic essays. He was a major figure of the Romanticism......
health law
health law, the branch of law dealing with various aspects of health care, including the practices of caregivers......
Hegius, Alexander
Alexander Hegius was a German schoolmaster who is remembered both for his effective promotion of the new humanism......
Heinse, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Heinse was a German novelist and art critic whose work combined grace with the stormy fervour that is characteristic......
Helgesen, Paul
Paul Helgesen was a Danish Humanist and champion of Scandinavian Roman Catholicism who opposed the Lutheran Reformation......
Hellström, Gustaf
Gustaf Hellström was a Swedish realist novelist, journalist, and literary critic. As foreign correspondent for......
hemisphere
hemisphere, in geometry and geography, half of a sphere. Although any spherical body can be divided into an infinite......
Hermann, Eduard
Eduard Hermann was a German linguist who specialized in comparative studies of Indo-European languages and whose......
Hermann, Gottfried
Gottfried Hermann was a German classical scholar who led a school contending that the emphasis in classical philology......
Herskovits, Melville J.
Melville J. Herskovits was an American anthropologist noted for having opened up the study of the “New World Negro”......
Hettner, Alfred
Alfred Hettner was a German geographer who sought to place geography on a firm philosophical and scientific foundation.......
Heyerdahl, Thor
Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian ethnologist and adventurer who organized and led the famous Kon-Tiki (1947) and......
Hicks, Granville
Granville Hicks was a critic, novelist, and teacher who was one of the foremost practitioners of Marxist criticism......
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College, private, nonsectarian liberal-arts institution of higher learning in Hillsdale, south-central......
Hindemith, Paul
Paul Hindemith was one of the principal German composers of the first half of the 20th century and a leading musical......
Hipparchus
Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the advancement of astronomy......
Hiram College
Hiram College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Hiram, Ohio, U.S., about 35 miles (55 km)......
historical criticism
historical criticism, literary criticism in the light of historical evidence or based on the context in which a......
historical geography
historical geography, geographic study of a place or region at a specific time or period in the past, or the study......
Historical linguistics
Historical linguistics, the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of phonological, grammatical, and semantic......
historical school of economics
historical school of economics, branch of economic thought, developed chiefly in Germany in the last half of the......
Historiography
Historiography, the writing of history, especially the writing of history based on the critical examination of......
- Introduction
- Ancient, Greek, Roman
- Greek, Ancient, Herodotus
- Roman, Sources, Writing
- Medieval, Sources, Writing
- Islamic, Sources, Writing
- Machiavelli, Renaissance, Politics
- Guillaume Bude, François Hotman, Renaissance
- Enlightenment, Critical Analysis, Narrative
- Romanticism, Narratives, Sources
- American, Academic, Writing
- Postmodernism, Cultural Studies, Deconstruction
- Marxist, Dialectical, Materialism
- Cultural, Social, Political
- Biography and psychohistory
- Critical Analysis, Sources, Interpretation
- Science, Methodology, Sources
- Women’s history
- Critical Analysis, Sources, Interpretation
- Explanation, Interpretation, Sources
- Analysis, Sources, Interpretation
History
History, discipline that studies the chronological record of events, usually attempting, on the basis of a critical......
Hoffmann von Fallersleben, August Heinrich
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben was a German patriotic poet, philologist, and literary historian whose......
Hogben, Lancelot Thomas
Lancelot Thomas Hogben was an English zoologist, geneticist, medical statistician, and linguist, known especially......
Holste, Luc
Luc Holste was a classical scholar and Vatican librarian best known for his annotated editions of geographical......
Hornbostel, Erich Moritz von
Erich Moritz von Hornbostel was an Austrian musicologist and ethnologist. Brought up in a highly musical home,......
Hotman, François
François Hotman was a French jurist and one of the most learned of humanist scholars, who took a leading part in......
Houbraken, Arnold
Arnold Houbraken was a Dutch painter and art writer noted for his three-volume biographical study of Netherlandish......
Hout, Jan van
Jan van Hout was a humanist, translator, historian, and poet, who was the first Dutch Renaissance figure to distinguish......
How the Border Between the United States and Mexico Was Established
Despite the acceptance by many Americans in the 1840s of the concept of Manifest Destiny—that it was the providential......