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20 01, 2025

Nourishing the humanities’ growth

By Humanities Watch|2025-01-20T09:40:46-05:00January 20th, 2025|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, March, Politics, Quotes, science, STEM|0 Comments

An interview with Phoebe Stein of the State Humanities Councils on recognizing and supporting public humanities.

11 01, 2025

AI and human extinction (Dan Milmo, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2025-01-12T09:49:15-05:00January 11th, 2025|Academia, April, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, March, mathematics, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A founding scientist warns that AI development threatens humanity with extinction.

4 01, 2025

On philanthropy, science, and dreams

By Humanities Watch|2025-01-05T10:00:43-05:00January 4th, 2025|Arts, Everything Else, Law, March, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, Religion, science, STEM|0 Comments

Whitman's observations on what is meaningful in life, and worth supporting.

21 12, 2024

Not easy reading (The Economist)

By Humanities Watch|2024-12-21T07:28:48-05:00December 21st, 2024|Academia, education, Europe, Everything Else, Language, News, psychology, Writing|0 Comments

That the academic humanities engage in increasingly obscure jargon.

12 12, 2024

Last words no longer lost (Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2024-12-12T07:31:34-05:00December 12th, 2024|education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, News, psychology, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

New technologies reveal etched writings for the first time.

2 12, 2024

December fables for the present time.

By Humanities Watch|2024-12-02T13:57:59-05:00December 2nd, 2024|Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Law, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, psychology, Writing|0 Comments

From dogs to monkeys, fables speak for themselves.

24 11, 2024

Lidar locates another lost city (Georgina Rannard, BBC)

By Humanities Watch|2024-11-24T14:30:19-05:00November 24th, 2024|April, Arts, Central / South America, education, environment, Everything Else, History, March, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A review of lidar data reveals a hidden ancient city.

20 11, 2024

How the humanities nurture tech, and vice versa

By Humanities Watch|2024-11-21T06:02:32-05:00November 20th, 2024|Academia, Everything Else, History, Philosophy, Quotes, Religion, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Interviewing Sylvester Johnson, Kluge Chair in Science and Technology, on the humanities' future with technology.

12 11, 2024

Know-how and unlearning

By Humanities Watch|2024-11-27T09:48:51-05:00November 12th, 2024|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, Religion, STEM|0 Comments

Reflections on Humanities Watch's ninth anniversary.

22 10, 2024

The present humanities in a global scope (World Humanities Report)

By Humanities Watch|2024-10-22T17:15:06-04:00October 22nd, 2024|Academia, Everything Else, History, Language, News, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

An annual review of the state of global humanities.