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4 04, 2025

Marvels of Merlin revealed (Donna Ferguson, BBC News)

By Humanities Watch|2025-04-04T16:16:28-04:00April 4th, 2025|education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, News, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

Researchers unveil a hidden medieval manuscript of Merlin and Arthur hidden in a Renaissance book.

5 10, 2024

A Librarian’s Life in Her Letters: Belle Greene and the Morgan Library

By Humanities Watch|2025-02-04T16:23:15-05:00October 5th, 2024|Academia, Arts, Asia, education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, painting, Quotes, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Letters reveal the shaping of a public institution, the Morgan Library.

10 06, 2023

Entertaining diversity with great books (Andrew Delbanco, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2023-06-10T10:51:42-04:00June 10th, 2023|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Libraries, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How the humanities can foster diversity by discussing great books.

22 02, 2023

The weight of observation (William J. Broad, The New York Times)

By Humanities Watch|2023-02-22T20:40:21-05:00February 22nd, 2023|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Libraries, mathematics, Nature, News, science, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

New readings of Leonardo's works reveal his gravitational experiments.

19 12, 2022

Letter from Florence

By Humanities Watch|2022-12-19T03:58:45-05:00December 19th, 2022|Academia, Arts, business, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, health, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, Museums, Observations, painting, poetry, STEM|1 Comment

Thoughts from the historical heart of the humanities.

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.

2 02, 2022

Engaging hearts and minds in virtual space

By Humanities Watch|2022-02-02T14:51:23-05:00February 2nd, 2022|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, Politics, Quotes, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

The founder of Premise discusses the mission and nature of humanities conversations.

24 01, 2022

Giving arts the business (Anna Holligan, BBC News)

By Humanities Watch|2022-01-24T08:24:20-05:00January 24th, 2022|Arts, business, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Libraries, Literature, Museums, Music, News|0 Comments

Creatively combating the isolation from the arts during Covid.

12 01, 2022

Judging books by their covers (Anna Honer)

By Humanities Watch|2022-01-12T12:03:52-05:00January 12th, 2022|Arts, History, Libraries, Literature, Reviews, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Science and history combine to record a forgotten history of the book.

19 11, 2021

Decoding Newton’s writings (James R. Voelkel, Science History Institute)

By Humanities Watch|2021-11-19T20:06:25-05:00November 19th, 2021|Academia, Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, mathematics, Nature, News, Newton, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Using new scientific methods to determine the course of Newton's thinking.