Thinking and thanking: reflections on Humanities Watch’s second anniversary
Reflections on thinking, thanking, and remembrance at the close of two years.
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11, 2017
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10, 2017
More fables for modern times
Modern fables speak to what is old and new.
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09, 2017
The Two Gardens
Do gardens display the course of time, or a timeless science?
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08, 2017
The Shipwreck of the Humanities
Do the humanities prevent or foster our cultural shipwreck?
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07, 2017
Out of the woods: no trees at the library
The Vatican City correspondent deliberates on the absence of trees at the library.
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06, 2017
The Worry-Fencer: the roots and restlessness of our present time.
Tracing the source of our restlessness, in dialogue.
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05, 2017
Fables for the Present Time
Stories of science and learning in our time.
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04, 2017
Death has no answer
A dialogue about life extension and limits, beyond biology and scholarship.
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03, 2017
On silence
On silence. Why poets, and others, look for quietude – with lovers, friends, or by themselves – in lieu of words Doodle: Good morning, Noodle. You appear deep in thought. Noodle: Thanks for the interruption. I’m puzzled by a poem. As a professor of the humanities, I’ve read a lot of poetry, and should be [...]
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02, 2017
Mountain shadows, mountain light
The balance needed for wholeness.