Modern may refer to:

History

Modern history The modern era or the modern period is considered the current historical period of human history. It was originally applied to the history of Europe and Western history for events that came after the Middle Ages, often from around the year 1500, ...

Early Modern period The early modern period is a Periodization, historical period that is defined either as part of or as immediately preceding the modern period, with divisions based primarily on the history of Europe and the broader concept of modernity. There i ...

Late Modern period In many periodizations of human history, the late modern period followed the early modern period. It began around 1800 and, depending on the author, either ended with the beginning of contemporary history in 1945, or includes the contemporary h ...

*** 18th century *** 19th century *** 20th century ** Contemporary history * Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century

Philosophy and sociology

* Modernity, a loosely defined concept delineating a number of societal, economic and ideological features that contrast with "pre-modern" times or societies ** Late modernity

Art

* Modernism ** Modernist poetry * Modern art, a form of art * Modern dance, a dance form developed in the early 20th century * Modern architecture, a broad movement and period in architectural history ** Moderne, multiple architectural styles ** Modernisme a.k.a. Catalan Modernism * Modern music (disambiguation)

Geography

*Modra, a Slovak city, referred to in the German language as "Modern"

Typography

* Modern (typeface), a raster font packaged with Windows XP * Another name for the typeface classification known as Didone (typography) * Modern, a generic font family name for monospaced font, fixed-pitch serif and sans serif fonts (for example, Courier and Pica), used e.g. in OpenDocument format or Rich Text Format

Music

* Modern (Buzzcocks album), ''Modern'' (Buzzcocks album) *Modern (EP), ''Modern'' (EP), an EP by Gas * Modern Records, a Los Angeles record label * Modern (Amber Smith album), ''Modern'' (Amber Smith album)

Other uses

* Modernform Group, traded as MODERN, a furniture manufacturer and distributor in Thailand * Modern Defense, a chess opening * Modern (political party), Polish political party