Lit Hum

Lit. Hum. English Noun - en Lit. Hum. literae humaniores; en US en Literature Humanities 1 en-US Edward B. Fiske Humanities is Tradition at Columbia w:The New York Times 1987-04-12 https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/12/nyregion/humanities-is-tradition-at-columbia.html 0362-4331 While both year-long courses deal only with great books by major writers, “Contemporary Civilization” focuses on philosophy and political theory while “Lit Hum” emphasizes literature and, to a lesser extent, historical works. https://web.archive.org/web/20171105123042/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/12/nyregion/humanities-is-tradition-at-columbia.html en Rose Horowitch The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books w:The Atlantic 2024-10-01 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/the-elite-college-students-who-cant-read-books/679945/ 2151-9463 Lit Hum often requires students to read a book, sometimes a very long and dense one, in just a week or two. But the student told Dames that, at her public high school, she had never been required to read an entire book. https://web.archive.org/web/20260909211439/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/the-elite-college-students-who-cant-read-books/679945/ 9 September 2026