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10 09, 2022

More STEM, fewer humanities (J.M. Thomas, The Spectator)

By Humanities Watch|2022-09-10T11:13:00-04:00September 10th, 2022|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Europe, Everything Else, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Rhetorical and ethical questions about the humanities, resolved by reducing them.

23 08, 2022

A call for humanities (Daedalus)

By Humanities Watch|2022-08-23T15:42:46-04:00August 23rd, 2022|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Museums, News, Philosophy, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Humanities engage the public interest.

27 07, 2022

A house call

By Humanities Watch|2022-07-28T09:00:39-04:00July 27th, 2022|Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, health, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Quotes, Writing|0 Comments

Bedside manners and narrative medicine, late-19th-C.

26 07, 2022

Climate change in history (University of Glasgow, Phys.Org)

By Humanities Watch|2022-07-26T13:21:29-04:00July 26th, 2022|Asia, Debate / dialogue, Economics, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Nature, News|0 Comments

Adapting to shifts in climate in the 5th-C. Eastern Mediterranean.

30 06, 2022

Hunting the origins of the Black Death (Malu Cursino, BBC News)

By Humanities Watch|2022-06-29T17:48:37-04:00June 30th, 2022|Academia, Asia, Debate / dialogue, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Medicine, News, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Teeth from Central Asia suggest its first location.

9 06, 2022

Self-reflection points

By Humanities Watch|2022-06-09T11:22:02-04:00June 9th, 2022|Academia, Arts, business, Debate / dialogue, education, Employment, Literature, Quotes, STEM, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

An enterprise to bring literature to working life.

13 05, 2022

Split minds, split hearts (Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed)

By Humanities Watch|2022-05-13T15:15:24-04:00May 13th, 2022|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The liberal arts are crucial, but increasingly dispensable.

6 04, 2022

Yet more fables for early spring

By Humanities Watch|2024-12-15T08:40:08-05:00April 6th, 2022|Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, Language, Literature, Nature, Observations, Philosophy, Writing|0 Comments

Life lessons in the breath of spring.

6 04, 2022

Literature for life

By Humanities Watch|2022-04-08T14:38:21-04:00April 6th, 2022|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Philosophy, Quotes, Religion, Technology, U.S. / Canada|1 Comment

Rescuing the humanities by discussing literature online.

5 04, 2022

The great dance (Richard Utz, Inside Higher Ed)

By Humanities Watch|2022-04-05T11:47:52-04:00April 5th, 2022|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Science and tech universities welcome the role of humanities in their courses.

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