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21 02, 2018

Science, art, and modern history

Humanities Watch2018-02-23T07:56:01-05:00February 21st, 2018|Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, Quotes, science, STEM, Theater, Writing|0 Comments

Whether science offers our history more hope or hopelessness.

17 02, 2018

Sourcing Shakespeare in cyberspace (Michael Blanding, NY Times)

Humanities Watch2018-02-16T18:49:38-05:00February 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.

14 02, 2018

Reading, knowledge, dreams, and nature: Valentine’s verses on the season

Humanities Watch2018-02-14T10:12:42-05:00February 14th, 2018|Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, Music, Nature, Philosophy, poetry, psychology, Quotes, science|0 Comments

When birds call forth the turning of the seasons.

12 02, 2018

Humanities in High School (Grace Huddleston, Rochester Post Bulletin)

Humanities Watch2018-02-12T09:40:12-05:00February 12th, 2018|Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

What can high-school humanities provide in the age of STEM?

30 01, 2018

Science and the superficial life

Humanities Watch2023-10-14T18:04:47-04:00January 30th, 2018|Arts, Asia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, psychology, Quotes, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Can science promote, or impede, the understanding of our higher purpose?

28 01, 2018

The humanities need no case

Humanities Watch2018-03-18T07:48:28-04:00January 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.

21 01, 2018

Flowers, humanity, and the use of the useless

Humanities Watch2019-04-08T10:40:11-04:00January 21st, 2018|Arts, Asia, Everything Else, History, Literature, Nature, painting, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, science, Writing|0 Comments

What is "useless" serves to remind us of our humanity.

15 01, 2018

On science and ignorance, and re-viewing the history of “progress”

Humanities Watch2018-01-15T18:01:48-05:00January 15th, 2018|Africa, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, January, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, Quotes, science, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How science meets its limits in questions awaiting answers.

10 01, 2018

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

Humanities Watch2018-01-10T09:37:52-05:00January 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.

7 01, 2018

The beauty of nature observed in its unfolding.

Humanities Watch2018-01-06T20:24:13-05:00January 7th, 2018|Europe, Everything Else, Literature, Nature, painting, Philosophy, psychology, Quotes, science, Writing|0 Comments

Beauty in nature is there to be seen, if we have eyes for it.

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