News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
Investing the mind with feelings (John Banville, The Guardian)
Our feelings shape our thoughts of the world and our selves.
Sourcing Shakespeare in cyberspace (Michael Blanding, NY Times)
Cyber-sleuthing appears to uncover a new source for Shakespeare's plays.
Humanities in High School (Grace Huddleston, Rochester Post Bulletin)
What can high-school humanities provide in the age of STEM?
Laser lights up Mayan civilization (Jacey Fortin, New York Times)
How we can learn from the ancients, assisted by modern science.
The humanities and healing (IFL Science)
The humanities help doctors heal others and themselves through a greater sense of wholeness.
The humanities’ dance with STEM (Alan Livsey, Financial Times)
A new book outlines the alliance between humanities and STEM.
Healthcare, healing, and Heidegger (Casey Rentmeester, Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy)
Philosophy can guide us to better healthcare.
Less fleas than lice in Black Death’s vise (Victoria Gill, BBC Science)
New models suggest the plague or Black Death was likely spread more by human lice than rodent fleas.
The humanities, class, and the university (Justin Stover, American Affairs Journal)
The humanities have little standing in society at large.
Digitizing the pathways of publishing (Jennifer Clark, Wall Street Journal)
By digital demonstration, researchers discover how publishing pathways and networks spread literacy among various social and economic classes.