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SOURCE: Scholarly Kitchen
12/17/2020
The Humanities [Are Everywhere] in American Life
by Karin Wulf
A new report indicates that Americans both value and use the humanities.
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SOURCE: New York Review of Books
12/17/2020
College Cuts in the Green Mountain State
by Dan Chiasson
"Data-driven" decisions to cut programs in the humanities are based in unstated assumptions of value that point to a troubling direction in higher education.
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SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
8/24/2020
What Is College For?
by Steven Mintz
Two new books argue for a robust and engaged humanistic study as indispensable to higher education.
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SOURCE: The New York Times
6/22/2020
Danielle Allen Wins Re-envisioned Kluge Humanities Prize
Dr. Allen, a Harvard political theorist whose work has spanned the Declaration of Independence and the governmental response to Covid-19, will lead an effort to cultivate “civic strength.”
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6/7/2020
The Decline of the Humanities and the Bleach-Drinking Epidemic
by Lior Sternfeld and Mana Kia
When Donald Trump hinted that injecting "disinfectants" could cure COVID-19, he was displaying a lack of critical thinking skill that is endemic in a society where learning is valued only in economic, rather than civic, terms.
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SOURCE: World Economic Forum
4/26/2020
Germany Enlists Humanities Scholars to End Coronavirus Lockdown
Germany has done more than other nations to enlist the advice of philosophers, historians of science, theologians and jurists as it navigates the delicate ethical balancing act of reopening society while safeguarding the health of the public.
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SOURCE: MacLeans
4/15/2020
During the Coronavirus, Academics Have Found Themselves in a Crisis of Their Work
by Rinaldo Walcott
I think now is the time for academics to be practicing a public pedagogy where humanists and social scientists engage the public beyond the university in what it means to be human.
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4/5/2020
Students of History, Your Professors have Prepared You for such a Time as This!
by John Fea
The study of history offers an approach to the world necessary for the creation of good citizens in a democratic society.
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SOURCE: Humanities Indicators
Accessed 8/22/19
Visits to historic sites rising in U.S.
Read the latest report from Humanities Indicators!
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SOURCE: WSWS.org
6/21/19
The war on journalism is a war on the humanities
by Monika Eisenhauer
"The intention of historical science is to write the history of people and societies as objectively as possible. For this purpose it needs free and unrestricted access to the sources."
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6/2/19
Donald Trump, the Humanities, and the Decline of American Values
by Walter G. Moss
We overvalue such things as making money, “getting ahead,” glitz, and celebrity status and undervalue what the humanities and arts emphasize—beauty, truth, and goodness.
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SOURCE: NY Times
4/2/19
Humanities Endowment Announces New Grants Amid Old Threats
The grants were announced two weeks after the Trump administration released a proposed budget for fiscal 2020 that called for closure of the agency, whose activities were described as lying outside of “core federal responsibilities.”
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SOURCE: NY Review of Books
4/2/19
Are the Humanities History?
by Michael Massing
In the brave new world that is emerging, the humanities will have a critical part to play—provided that they themselves can adapt to it.
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SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
3/19/19
Trump Seeks to Ax Humanities Endowment
For third year in a row, he also seeks to kill National Endowment for the Arts. Congress has rejected those proposals in the past.
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2/24/19
What Can the Humanities Teach Us About Big Data?
by Jo Guldi
The "Critical Search" techniques of Big Data uncover the nuances and patterns of the past in the Humanities.
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SOURCE: Bloomberg
1/18/19
Economists Need to Add a Little History to Their Tool Kit
by Noah Smith
If those in the field spent more time studying the past there would be fewer surprises in the present.
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SOURCE: Herald-Dispatch
7-19-18
Historian David Trowbridge’s Clio app featured as a top humanities project in US
The Clio app picks up a user's location anywhere in the United States and tells him or her about the history and culture that surrounds him or her.
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SOURCE: James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
6-20-18
Conservative Mark Bauerlein says humanities faculty are in denial about their own role in the decline of the humanities
by Mark Bauerlein
"The undergraduate masses want one thing, the elite tells them they’re wrong and deliver another thing."
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SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
6-17-18
Stanley Fish says historians are deluded in thinking their training gives them special insights in politics that should be passed on to students (and others)
by Stanley Fish
He says they (and others) should stop trying to sell the humanities, claiming the effort will backfire.
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6/3/18
Why Medicine Needs the Humanities (And No, It’s Not Just About Empathy)
by Sari Altschuler
It’s to train health professionals in narrative, attention, observation, historical perspective, ethics, judgment, performance, and creativity.
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