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ARTS & HUMANITIES
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Studying the liberal arts at Saint Anselm, you will gain valuable insight into how the world works and how you could make it work better.
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Experiences in the arts and Humanities are designed to be transformative—stimulating a passion for discovery, sharpening perspectives and values, and gaining valuable insight into what it means to be human in our shared world.
Studying the Humanities at Saint Anselm College is special because you learn measurable skills you can apply directly to work after graduation, like writing, research, and analyzing texts, while also learning how to think and tackle some of life’s biggest questions.
Internships
Get hands-on, real-world experience and bolster your resume with a paid or for-credit internship. Recent internships include Disney College Program, Entertainment 2 Affect Change, New Hampshire Historical Society, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, and Putnam Investments.
Careers in Secondary Education
If you’re interested in a teaching career, you may double major in English, Spanish, French, History, Studio Art, or Music and in Secondary Education while completing requirements to earn a license.
Study Abroad Opportunities
Spend a semester abroad or take a course with a week-long international component - courses that travel abroad include:
• The Cold War in Cuba • Music and Culture in Vienna, Austria • Medieval Philosophy in the Netherlands • Normandy Through the Ages • Advanced Spanish Immersion and Internship in Mendoza, Argentina
Saint Anselm in Tuscania
Experience a semester of cultural immersion and community engagement in the small town of Tuscania, Italy. You can leave a lasting impact through meaningful service projects and mission-based activities as part of our signature study abroad program.
A Faculty Advisor in your corner
Strong academic advising can be critical to your success. So, our faculty, the people who know the curriculum best, advise you on which courses to take and when. Every student is assigned a faculty advisor in their declared major. Your advisor will become your best champion, the one who helps you find research opportunities or internships, teaches your favorite course, and writes your recommendations long after you’ve graduated.
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Arts & Humanities Events
DECEMBER 28th
Expand your technique, and push your limits in our winter intensive. Classes are of intermediate and advanced level. We are offering one hour classes of contemporary, ballet and tap!
Schedule:
11:30am- Intermediate Ballet
1i:30am- Advanced Contemporary
12:30pm- Intermediate Contemporary
12:30pm- Advanced Ballet
2pm- Intermediate Tap
2pm- Advanced Contemporary
3pm- Intermediate Contemporary
3pm- Advanced Tap
Lunch break from 1:30pm
** Please note: Anyone interested in auditioning for the college's dance program, auditions are being held at 10am.
Event details for Aaron Tolson Dance Institute's Winter Intensive
DECEMBER 28th
Expand your technique, and push your limits in our winter intensive. Classes are of intermediate and advanced level. We are offering one hour classes of contemporary, ballet and tap!
Schedule:
11:30am- Intermediate Ballet
1i:30am- Advanced Contemporary
12:30pm- Intermediate Contemporary
12:30pm- Advanced Ballet
2pm- Intermediate Tap
2pm- Advanced Contemporary
3pm- Intermediate Contemporary
3pm- Advanced Tap
Lunch break from 1:30pm
** Please note: Anyone interested in auditioning for the college's dance program, auditions are being held at 10am.
Event details for Aaron Tolson Dance Institute's Winter Intensive
Rolling Stone - "Best Beatles Tribute on Earth"
Presenter: Professor Katherine Bentz, Fine Arts Department
Kate Bentz is Professor of Art History at Saint Anselm College and the Academic Director of Saint Anselm’s study abroad program in Tuscania, Italy. Her research focuses on urbanism and landscape history in sixteenth-century Italy, and she has published her work in scholarly journals such as Sixteenth-Century Journal and The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, and has received fellowships and grants from institutions such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collections, Villa I Tatti-The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, and The Getty Research Institute.
Presenter: Dr Vincent Colapietro '73
Vincent Colapietro is a 1973 graduate of Saint Anselm College and a Liberal Arts Research Professor Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University in the Departments of Philosophy and African American Studies. Through the Center for the Humanities at the University of Rhode Island, he has a teaching appointment in the departments of English, Writing & Rhetoric, and Philosophy.
In the course of his career he has authored several books and over two hundred articles. In 2004 he was honored by the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy with the Herbert W. Schneider Award for lifetime achievement.