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The humanities at Holy Cross use the texts and stories of the world’s civilizations over time to reveal their central ideas and beliefs. With the support of the humanities faculty, which is made up of renowned scholars, students uncover and appreciate these concepts, and become skilled in analysis, criticism, and interpretation — and in combining ideas as a whole.

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