The new West Point Humanities Center will serve as a hub for humanities scholarship and research programs, creative arts, performances, and public engagement, fostering interdisciplinary intellectual development and innovation.
As the only military academy humanities center, the West Point Humanities Center will be a unique and vital nexus of the humanities, engaged citizenship, and service to the nation.
General (Retired) Martin E. Dempsey ’74
“Anyone who has led men and women in combat will affirm that leaders always want to understand more about why we are sometimes capable of accomplishing the truly unimaginable and why at other times we are sometimes less capable and more vulnerable. The answer is as simple as this: we are human. And so, we should want to know more about what it means to be human. The study of the Humanities makes us more inquisitive, more aware of life’s complexities, more open-minded, more vigilant for change, and better at communicating. All attributes we want and need in those we entrust to lead.”
