A Distant Mirror? Economic Lessons from the Black Death (William Caferro)
How the fourteenth-century plague offers deeper lessons for our understanding of pandemics.
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06, 2020
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06, 2020
Humanities and the coronavirus crisis (Kirsten Ostherr, Inside Higher Ed)
The ways the humanities can aid in contending with the coronavirus.
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05, 2020
Humanities weathering the storm? (Humanities Indicators)
Humanities departments appear to maintain stability in degrees and faculty in this latest survey.
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05, 2020
Lessons of the pandemic (George A. Soper, Science)
Fighting viral contagion with time-tested advice.
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03, 2020
Life at a distance (Christopher Mims, Wall Street Journal)
Living apart with the internet weighs on our emotional health.
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03, 2020
First in flight
The flight of poetry matches that of science.
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03, 2020
The humanities’ peril and promise (Thelonious Georz, The Daily)
In the face the peril, the humanities promise change for the better.
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02, 2020
The long history of the humanities crisis (David Sessions, The New Republic)
How business and technocracy shaped the humanities crisis for many years.
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02, 2020
Don’t call me (Markowitz, Hancock, Bailenson, and Reeves: PLoS One)
Being alone with a silent phone may help mental focus.
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02, 2020
Digital and print, reconsidered (Steven Johnson, Washington Post)
The ways digital and print reading influence how we think and feel.