{"id":2,"date":"2014-08-13T14:07:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T14:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/human\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:25:35","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-p-banner\"><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--single\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/146\/2025\/08\/Humanities_hero_1500x400.webp\" alt=\"students sitting around campus studying\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"400\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Humanities<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-0 uwm-u-py-30\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--narrow uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center default\"><em><strong>&#8220;Never in the history of the United States have we needed the humanities more than we do today\u2026 Not having the foundation in history and humanities is like planting cut flowers.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center size-p-md uwm-u-mb-0\">\u2013 Ray Cross, former University of Wisconsin System President<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-white uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row uwm-l-row--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading heading-separator\" id=\"h-about-the-humanities\">About the Humanities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UWM Spotlight on Excellence: Humanities Matter\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wDOgWqI_3JU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/humanities\/videos\/\">View more videos \u2192<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading heading-separator\" id=\"h-student-amp-faculty-spotlight\">Student &amp; Faculty Spotlight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-art-history-graduate-heads-florence-griswold-museum\"><strong>Art History Graduate Heads Florence Griswold Museum<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center uwm-c-img--caption-gray uwm-u-w-100\t\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/146\/2019\/06\/Rebekah-e1561573111407.jpg\" alt=\"Rebekah Beaulieu standing in front of a sculpture\" class=\"wp-image-1063\"\/><figcaption>UWM Art History Alum Rebekah Beaulieu has stepped into the role of Director of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut. 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