Jefferson Humanities & Health Programs
Contact
1020 Locust Street
Jefferson Alumni Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Email:
Humanities@jefferson.edu
- Asano Humanities & Health Certificate — A co-curricular program, open to all Jefferson students, that rewards sustained engagement in arts and humanities activities throughout the academic year.
- Anti-Racism in Health Focus — a subset of the Asano Humanities & Health Certificate, which brings Jefferson students together to discuss topics at the intersection of health, race, inequity, and justice.
- Artist-in-Residence — Invites creative practitioners to collaborate with the Jefferson community in the development of arts and humanities-centered inquiries into health and wellness.
- Convalescence — A large-scale multimedia installation built on Jefferson’s medical campus by visual artist Pepón Osorio during Fall 2024.
- Creative Aging — Brings together Jefferson students and local elders to connect through collaborative art-making and storytelling.
- Featured Student Artwork — Jefferson Humanities & Health commissions a student to create a work of art that reflects our programming for the academic year.
- Health Humanities Reading Group — weekly discussions to think critically about health, as it is understood through various disciplinary perspectives, social contexts and value systems.
- Helix Gallery — A space for creative projects that explore connections between the arts, humanities, and health, as well as an annual student art exhibition.
- Humanities Concert Series — Brings live music performances across a variety of genres and cultural traditions to Jefferson's Center City campus.
- Inside Out — An annual student-led art and literary journal showcasing photography, paintings, drawings, short stories, poems and essays by Jefferson students.
- Jefferson Humanities Forum — Each academic year, Jefferson Humanities & Health explores a thought-provoking theme from a wide range of perspectives, inviting reflection and action around how we improve lives.
- Past Programs — A list of our past programs for reference.