News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
Italy before Rome (Genome Biology, Francesco Ravasini et al.)
How DNA research adds to archaeological insights on the migrations of peoples in central Italy before the expansion of Rome.
New patterns of the past (Jerusalem Post)
How archaeologists get an assist from AI to decipher historical meaning.
Funding the humanities (Humanities Indicators)
Data demonstrating strong financial support for the humanities from private and institutional sources.
The humanities in play (Michaela Nesvarova, ScienceBusiness)
A recent report documents the support for humanities-related projects for the European sciences.
AI helps find the roads to Rome (Pallab Ghosh, BBC News)
Using AI to puzzle out ancient inscriptions of the history of Rome.
The doctor and patient in care (medicinanarrative.eu)
The President of the Italian Society for Narrative Medicine explains its worth.
For the love of books (Katarina Zimmer, BBC Future)
The ways reading may boost your sense of well-being.
The state of play (Humanities Indicators)
Humanities Indicators publishes its latest survey of U.S. humanities departments.
Marvels of Merlin revealed (Donna Ferguson, BBC News)
Researchers unveil a hidden medieval manuscript of Merlin and Arthur hidden in a Renaissance book.
Rolling humanities (Humanities Indicators)
Rolling humanities: new data show how students choose a humanities major during their college years, if not at the outset. From the study: In recent years, the Humanities Indicators staff has received numerous questions [...]