Registration is open for the 2026-2027 Asano Humanities & Health Certificate. Asano is a co-curricular enrichment program open to all Thomas Jefferson University students that rewards sustained engagement in arts and humanities activities throughout the academic year.
Jefferson Humanities & Health
Contact
Name:
Jefferson Humanities & Health
1020 Locust Street
Jefferson Alumni Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Email:
Humanities@jefferson.edu
Jefferson Humanities & Health supports student engagement in the arts and humanities to promote essential skills related to healthcare including close observation, critical thinking, communication and empathy.
Throughout the year, our programs highlight the social contexts of health and wellness, lived experiences of diverse individuals and communities, and self-care for health professionals.
Each academic year, Jefferson Humanities & Health explores a thought-provoking theme from a wide range of perspectives. During 2026-2027, the Jefferson Humanities Forum speaker series will bring a handful of multidisciplinary scholars and thinkers to investigate the theme Movement.
Announcements
Join us for our next Jefferson Humanities Forum speaker, author Justin Torres, who will speak about his National Book Award winning novel Blackouts, an exploration of queer history, inheritance, and erasure, in Center City and East Falls on November 4.
Join us August 10 to December 2 in Helix Gallery for Relics of Care. Philadelphia artist Aimee Koran works across mediums and explores how images, issues, and objects intimately associated with motherhood reveal how care is valued in social, political and economic terms. More information here.
All Jefferson Students are encouraged to submit prose, poetry, art, and photographs for publication in the annual literary and arts journal, Inside Out. More information and past issues here.
To celebrate National Physical Therapy Month in October and this year’s Jefferson Humanities Forum theme of Movement, join us on a scavenger hunt for haiku poems by students and faculty in the Department of Physical Therapy. Learn more here.
Did you know that Jefferson Humanities in Health has a monthly newsletter? Get updates about programs, events, and features in your mailbox every month.