News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
SHAPE-ing work (Josie Cox, Forbes)
The new coalition SHAPE offers skills beyond STEM training.
STEM, meet SHAPE (David Carradine and Julia Black, Wonkhe)
Announcing SHAPE, a coalition of humanities, arts, and social sciences, in complementarity with STEM
Humanities as a guide to our uncertain future (Alexis Wright, The Guardian)
Cutting funding for humanities in Australia diminishes our insight and foresight.
The rising cost of humanities in Australia (Susan Forde, The Conversation)
As the Australian government raises the cost of humanities degrees, it ignores their importance for business and culture.
The humanities and critical inquiry (James Hankins, Public Discourse)
How the history of the humanities can show us the way to critical reform.
A Distant Mirror? Economic Lessons from the Black Death (William Caferro)
How the fourteenth-century plague offers deeper lessons for our understanding of pandemics.
Humanities and the coronavirus crisis (Kirsten Ostherr, Inside Higher Ed)
The ways the humanities can aid in contending with the coronavirus.
The humanities’ counsel to science during the coronavirus (Ronald W. Dworkin, The American Interest)
Why science needs to heed the humanities during the coronavirus.
Humanities weathering the storm? (Humanities Indicators)
Humanities departments appear to maintain stability in degrees and faculty in this latest survey.
Lessons of the pandemic (George A. Soper, Science)
Fighting viral contagion with time-tested advice.