School of Arts and Humanities
Mission, Vision & Values
Lehman College's School of Arts and Humanities mission is to make a significant contribution to the larger institutional mission to provide students with an excellent undergraduate and graduate liberal arts education because being broadly educated is a primary attribute of leading a successful life. Read More.
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Degree Programs
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Majors
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Minors
Welcome to the School of Arts and Humanities. The School of Arts and Humanities offers over thirty majors and forty minors. You can choose from majors in which you create original works, like Art, or Film and TV Studies, or Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGI); majors in which you perform on stage or in front of the camera, like Music, or Theatre, or Dance, or Multimedia Performing Arts; majors in which you develop your skills at writing and conducting your own research, like English, or History, or Journalism, or Philosophy, or Africana Studies; and majors in which you deepen your knowledge of languages and cultures, like Spanish, or French, or Italian, or Linguistics, or Latino Studies.
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Department News
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Latin American and Latino Studies professor brings a world of experience to the classroom
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Second cohort completes 5-week program with special ceremony at Yankee Stadium
Africana Studies' Anne Rice Named HistoryMakers Master Fellow
Program supports new course development and innovative pedagogy
Upcoming Events
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September 17, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Dictatorship Across Borders Brazil, Chile, and the South American Cold War by Mila Burns
A trailblazing analysis of Brazil’s influence on the 1973 Chilean coup d'état - this book offers a groundbreaking perspective on the 1973 Chilean coup. It highlights Brazil’s pivotal role in shaping the political landscape of South America during the Cold War. Shifting the focus from the United States to interregional dynamics - Mila Burns argues that Brazil was instrumental in the overthrow of Salvador Allende and establishment of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.
September 25, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Project Esther and the Epstein Conspiracy: How They May Not Be Good for American Jews
Project Esther and the Epstein Conspiracy may have ominous implications for American Jews. Naomi Zack discusses leading definitions of antisemitism as applied to these two current initiatives. Naomi Zack is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Lehman College and affiliated member of CUNY Graduate Center’s Philosophy Department. College Senate Committee on Academic Freedom Chair David Manier will moderate.
October 8, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
English M.A. Information Session
Hope you will join us for this session!
October 22, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
The Dance program at Lehman College presents Dance in Dialog
Dance in Dialog is an annual series aiming to start conversations about dance and explore making dances.
November 12, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
The Theatre Program at Lehman presents, New Voices: The Student Playwriting Festival
A performance of new plays by Lehman student playwrights.
November 19, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Theatre Program at Lehman presents Sweat, a play by Lynn Nottage, directed by Felix Otero
Sweat is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage. Set in Reading, Pennsylvania, it explores the lives of factory workers through the lens of a group of friends who work at the Olstead's steel tubing factory. Nottage examines themes of class, race, labor, and the American Dream.