he Puerto Rican Endowment for the Humanities (FPH for its acronym in Spanish) is an independent, non-profit organization affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities and dedicated to promoting the values of the humanities through its own initiatives. Since its creation in 1977, the FPH has contributed to the island’s cultural and humanistic development by subsidizing organizations, communities, museums, universities and individuals undertaking projects that reflect the diversity of the Puerto Rican experience, its heritage, traditions and history. In its 40 years, The FPH has produced more than 155 documentaries, 18 television programs, more than 240 publications and 243 posters and countless works of research, exhibitions and multiple public programs that contribute to the understanding and dissemination of the Puerto Rican humanistic experience in all its forms.

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HUMANISTIC DISCIPLINES

“The term ‘humanities’ includes, but is not limited to, the study and interpretation of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.”

-National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, 1965, as amended