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Â鶹ӰÒô Professor Amber Day
Â鶹ӰÒô Professor Amber Day

History, Literature, and the Arts

Â鶹ӰÒô’s History, Literature, and the Arts Department offers courses that encourage deep exploration of diverse historical, cultural, and creative practices and contexts.

About This Department

The History, Literature, and the Arts Department encourages exploration of the past, the written word, and the creative expressions that converge to shape our understanding of the world. We support you to think beyond your own experience and recognize how your ideas and actions shape the world in which we live.

Our graduates embark on diverse career paths that value critical thinking, research skills, and an appreciation for culture and the arts. They find success in academia, publishing, journalism, museum curation, arts administration, and more. 

In a vibrant community where ideas are exchanged and originality thrives, celebrate the richness of creativity, unravel the intricacies of our past, and discover a vibrant future shaped by knowledge, imagination, and the power of storytelling. 

Our Faculty

Our faculty includes accomplished authors, artists, and researchers. These award-winning educators and mentors specialize in areas as diverse as political satire, gender studies, Native American history, Asian American literature, comics and graphic narratives, philosophy, music, and visual art.

Experiential Learning Opportunities

Our department offers a vibrant learning environment beyond the classroom. Contribute as a writer or an editor to the Bryant Literary Review, an acclaimed international journal of poetry and fiction. Engage with living history through public history projects in the local community. Or work with an area arts organization in an arts internship course.

A colorful mural that reads "Raise Your Voice."
A group of Â鶹ӰÒô students attend an art exhibition in New York City.
The Bryant Literary Review.
A Â鶹ӰÒô student speaks to a group about her research project in the Unistructure.
Two Â鶹ӰÒô students sit on the ground overlooking a colorful design.
Four Â鶹ӰÒô students give a presentation in a classroom at the Quinlan / Brown Academic Innovation Center.

Research and Engagement Day

You have access to world-renowned libraries, archival resources, and digital databases that facilitate research and scholarly collaborations. Many of our students participate in Research and Engagement Day, a Bryant showcase that highlights student and faculty research collaboration, creativity, and innovative academic accomplishments.

Where Our Students Go

Graduates of Bryant’s programs within the History, Literature, and the Arts Department go on to prestigious graduate schools and are in demand by business, government, and nonprofit organizations.

  • AmeriCorps
  • Bank of America
  • CVS Health
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • NASA
  • Pearson
  • Penguin Random House
  • Target
  • WGBH Boston
  • Columbia University
  • Georgetown University
  • University of Connecticut School of Law