Academia Archives

20 03, 2018

Squaring the circle with the humanities (Linus Devadoss, Jewish World Review)

By Humanities Watch|2018-03-21T09:14:18-04:00March 20th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, History, mathematics, News, science|1 Comment

How complexity is part of the humanities' calculus.

13 03, 2018

How tech’s gain may be learning’s loss (Jenny Abamu, EdSurge)

By Humanities Watch|2018-03-12T20:04:46-04:00March 13th, 2018|Academia, education, Everything Else, health, Language, News, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The ways technology diverts attention from learning.

4 03, 2018

Health and humanities: new programs toward deepening care for those in need (Maria Giulia Marini, Medicinanarrativa)

By Humanities Watch|2018-03-03T18:31:54-05:00March 4th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, health, Language, Literature, Medicine, News, science, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Using humanities and narrative medicine to foster a profounder rapport in healthcare.

19 02, 2018

Investing the mind with feelings (John Banville, The Guardian)

By Humanities Watch|2018-02-19T08:08:39-05:00February 19th, 2018|Academia, Europe, Everything Else, News, Philosophy, psychology, science, Writing|0 Comments

Our feelings shape our thoughts of the world and our selves.

17 02, 2018

Sourcing Shakespeare in cyberspace (Michael Blanding, NY Times)

By Humanities Watch|2018-02-16T18:49:38-05:00February 17th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, News, Philosophy, poetry, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Cyber-sleuthing appears to uncover a new source for Shakespeare's plays.

28 01, 2018

The humanities need no case

By Humanities Watch|2018-03-18T07:48:28-04:00January 28th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Nature, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, science, Theater, Writing|0 Comments

The humanities chart the heights and depths of humanity.

23 01, 2018

The humanities’ dance with STEM (Alan Livsey, Financial Times)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-24T20:54:39-05:00January 23rd, 2018|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, News, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A new book outlines the alliance between humanities and STEM.

17 01, 2018

Less fleas than lice in Black Death’s vise (Victoria Gill, BBC Science)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-18T08:15:03-05:00January 17th, 2018|Academia, Europe, health, History, Medicine, Nature, News, science|0 Comments

New models suggest the plague or Black Death was likely spread more by human lice than rodent fleas.

10 01, 2018

The humanities, class, and the university (Justin Stover, American Affairs Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-10T09:37:52-05:00January 10th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

The humanities have little standing in society at large.

4 01, 2018

Digitizing the pathways of publishing (Jennifer Clark, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-03T14:53:42-05:00January 4th, 2018|Academia, business, education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Libraries, Literature, News, STEM, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

By digital demonstration, researchers discover how publishing pathways and networks spread literacy among various social and economic classes.