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9 07, 2023

The stories doctors tell (Emily Bobrow, Wall Street Journal)

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A writing program to offer insight and solace to the cares of physicians.

4 07, 2023

Syncopated synapses (Jon Hamilton, NPR)

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How the arts help us think and create.

1 07, 2023

Pizza at Pompeii? (Farrell Monaco, BBC Travel)

Humanities Watch2023-07-01T11:02:01-04:00July 1st, 2023|Arts, Economics, environment, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Literature, Museums, News, painting|0 Comments

Finding flatbread in the buried city.

10 06, 2023

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

Humanities Watch2023-06-10T10:51:42-04:00June 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.

23 05, 2023

Rome reborn in our lives

Humanities Watch2023-05-24T08:57:37-04:00May 23rd, 2023|Academia, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, painting, Philosophy, Quotes, Writing|0 Comments

How travel to Rome is also a search for meaning.

26 04, 2023

Writing for health

Humanities Watch2023-04-27T06:53:03-04:00April 26th, 2023|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Music, Observations, painting, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|2 Comments

That writing fosters our health in inverse proportion to our use of chatbots.

18 03, 2023

Moving beyond the two cultures

Humanities Watch2023-03-18T15:52:47-04:00March 18th, 2023|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, mathematics, Nature, Philosophy, Quotes, Religion, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Reflecting on how the two cultures lead to a Dantean limit governed by Love.

2 03, 2023

Digital da Vinci (Museo Galileo, Florence)

Humanities Watch2023-03-02T08:24:26-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Academia, education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, Museums, Nature, News, painting, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus in its digital dimensions.

28 01, 2023

On humanity in the sciences

Humanities Watch2023-01-28T14:37:36-05:00January 28th, 2023|Academia, Arts, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, Medicine, Nature, Quotes, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

A leading biochemist speaks of science's need to return to humility and the humanities.

19 12, 2022

Letter from Florence

Humanities Watch2022-12-19T03:58:45-05:00December 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.

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