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Goals

To support this vision and mission we take the following actions:

• Provide incentives to advance ����̽̽’s institutional commitment to high-quality and impactful humanities and arts scholarship.
• Identify, create, and expand concrete opportunities, relationships, and initiatives, both on and off campus, for demonstrating the findings and insights of humanities and arts scholarship, and showing how these findings relate to enduring and important issues of human concern.
• Promote a culture of collaboration and innovation among scholars while recognizing that excellent work in the humanities and arts also emerges out of the wisdom of individuals.

Vision

The humanities and fine arts are a central and vital part of the fabric of University of Vermont and the intellectual life of our community. The Humanities Center is a hub of activity infused with imagination, critical engagement with the complexity of human experience, and the exploration of enduring questions.

Mission

To be a leader in Vermont and the nation in advocating for and investing in the humanities and fine arts, promoting excellence and innovation in scholarship and pedagogy through research, creativity, interdisciplinary collaborations, and civic engagement. To strengthen the humanities and fine arts on campus and in the broader community by broadcasting the perspectives and practices of humanities and fine arts disciplines and sponsoring inclusive initiatives that generate discussion and critical reflection on important issues in public and intellectual life. To provoke and facilitate opportunities for reciprocal and self-reflexive interventions that bring communities and university-based partners together for study and analysis. To increase understanding of the relevance of the humanities and fine arts in the ongoing construction of a just and democratic society.