Students explore what it means to be human in a time of rapid global environmental change. Understanding human relations with their environments can be developed by the study of history, literature, art, architecture, film studies, philosophy, and anthropology.
Interdisciplinary study in these fields and topics is facilitated by the Yale Environmental Humanities Initiative that provides a forum for faculty and student scholarly engagement in these fields.
- Bachelor of Science (BS): Emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to environmental humanities
- Bachelor of Arts (BA): Combines scientific understanding with humanities perspectives on
environmental issues
After four years working in Alaska, Franklin Eccher (EVST ’19) has returned to the classroom….
Students in the Environmental Humanities Concentration must complete six courses of their choosing related to environmental humanities.
Yale historians and scholars pursuing research and writing efforts related to the history of climate and society the history of energy systems.
Humanities scholars have an opportunity to reshape how we think about environmental problems and “the environment” itself.
