The humanities we know
Talking about the launch of the new journal Public Humanities.
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02, 2024
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02, 2018
Science, art, and modern history
Whether science offers our history more hope or hopelessness.
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01, 2018
The humanities need no case
The humanities chart the heights and depths of humanity.
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08, 2017
Art abides while science passes
Art survives us and revives us in the time of science.
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09, 2016
What was Shakespeare thinking? (Scott L. Newstock, Chronicle of Higher Education)
What was Shakespeare thinking (and why does it matter)? The ways that old, even ancient, methods of learning can produce original results. From the article: You take it for granted that Olympic athletes and professional musicians must practice relentlessly to perfect their craft. Why should you expect the craft of thought to require anything less [...]
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04, 2016
Judgments about the arts: mind what you put in!
Judgments about the arts: mind what you put in! Ben Jonson tells his audience how much they may assess what they see, depending on their means: It is further agreed that every person here have his or their free-will of censure, to like or dislike at their own charge, the playwright having now departed with [...]