News articles and commentary on the place of the humanities in the modern world.
1401, 2023
Beyond humanism, beyond humanities (Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic)
Humanity, or its absence, beyond humanism.
501, 2023
Ice Age Astronomy (BBC News)
An outsider decodes prehistoric time patterns.
2912, 2022
AI and the digital divide (Stephen Marche, The Atlantic)
Whether the humanities can think about AI and the digital world, and vice-versa.
2812, 2022
Artificial Dialogue (OpenAI)
Can AI foster dialogue?
812, 2022
The humanities help our health during Covid-19 (University of Exeter)
A new study surveys the instrumental role of the humanities during the pandemic.
212, 2022
Math, logic, and the Holy Roman Emperor (Hugh Schofield, BBC News)
The science of cryptography helps unlock a secret 16th-C. exchange.
1611, 2022
Finding time and space for words, and words for time and space (Miriam Frankel and Matt Warren, BBC Future)
Studying how a language shapes perception of time and space.
1411, 2022
Working Well (Humanities Indicators)
A new study charts how satisfied humanities graduates are with their work.
2510, 2022
Bubonic plague and genetic change (Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR)
How the second plague pandemic influenced the genome of its survivors.
2210, 2022
Cézanne’s way of seeing (Matthew Wilson, BBC Culture)
Cézanne's work vibrates with insights from philosophy and neurology.