Being Human Festival

**About us** The humanities help us understand what it means to be human. At Being Human we believe new ideas in the study of the human world – from literature, history, classics, archaeology, art history, philosophy, languages, cultural studies, music, theatre, theology, and more – should belong to everyone. **About us** Being Human is the UK’s national festival of the humanities. A celebration of humanities research through public engagement, it is led by the [School of Advanced Study(Opens in new window)](https://www.sas.ac.uk/) at the University of London, the UK’s national centre for the pursuit, support and promotion of research in the humanities. The festival works in partnership with the [Arts and Humanities Research Council(Opens in new window)](https://ahrc.ukri.org/) and [the British Academy(Opens in new window)](https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/) to support humanities public engagement across the UK. Every year we help researchers in the humanities – from literature and history, languages and philosophy, art history and classics, and more – produce enjoyable events for public audiences that emphasise working with local communities to share ideas for mutual benefit. The festival aims to: - demonstrate the value and relevance of humanities research to society in the UK and globally; - encourage, support and create opportunities for researchers to engage with non-specialist audiences; - embed and join together public engagement activities in the humanities across the higher education (HE) sector. Since 2017, the festival has worked with international partnerships – with activities to date taking place in locations including Melbourne, Singapore, Paris, Rome, and Princeton, New Jersey.