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News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.

1012, 2019

The humanities beyond ‘useless’ self-reflection (Karen E. Spierling, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Humanities Watch2019-12-09T19:49:22-05:00December 10th, 2019|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, science|0 Comments

Asserting the usefulness of the humanities, apart from moneymaking.

612, 2019

The art of medical conversation (Greg Rienzi, Johns Hopkins Magazine)

Humanities Watch2019-12-05T16:03:41-05:00December 6th, 2019|Arts, Debate / dialogue, Everything Else, History, Language, Medicine, News, painting, science, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How art can provide the medium for caring communication.

212, 2019

The healing power of poetry (Sumathi Reddy, Wall Street Journal)

Humanities Watch2019-12-02T06:38:26-05:00December 2nd, 2019|Academia, Arts, Everything Else, health, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, News, poetry, U.S. / Canada, Writing|1 Comment

Poetry may provide healing as it is read or written.

2511, 2019

The arts, humanities, and our well-being (Daisy Fancourt and Saorise Finn, World Heath Organization)

Humanities Watch2022-08-28T12:01:56-04:00November 25th, 2019|Arts, education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, health, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Museums, News, painting, poetry, psychology, Writing|0 Comments

The ways the arts and humanities enhance our mental and physical health.

2311, 2019

Math and language study (Anand Jagatia, BBC Future)

Humanities Watch2019-11-23T07:41:33-05:00November 23rd, 2019|Asia, education, Europe, Everything Else, Language, mathematics, News, psychology|0 Comments

Language differences may enhance or inhibit ability in math.

1911, 2019

Science and the Assyrians (Bess Connolly, YaleNews)

Humanities Watch2019-11-19T09:19:20-05:00November 19th, 2019|Academia, Asia, environment, Everything Else, History, News, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

The science of isotopes suggests that drought help fell the Assyrian Empire.

1111, 2019

Gaming the humanities (Valerie Elwell, UCI School of Humanities)

Humanities Watch2019-11-10T20:55:28-05:00November 11th, 2019|Academia, business, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How literature and history deepen the complexity of gaming.

611, 2019

Your reading mind (Markham Heid, Medium)

Humanities Watch2019-11-06T09:01:41-05:00November 6th, 2019|Academia, education, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, psychology, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

A summary of studies that demonstrate how reading enlarges our mind.

3010, 2019

The surprising careers from the humanities (Amanda Ruggeri, BBC Worklife)

Humanities Watch2019-10-30T09:46:49-04:00October 30th, 2019|Academia, Arts, business, Economics, education, Employment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Journalism, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

More evidence of how humanities study leads to wide-ranging careers.

2910, 2019

Humanities and business (Gianpiero Petriglieri, Harvard Business Review)

Humanities Watch2019-10-29T16:43:04-04:00October 29th, 2019|business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, poetry, psychology, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How business can make use of the humanities without turning them into something useful.

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