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10 06, 2023

Entertaining diversity with great books (Andrew Delbanco, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2023-06-10T10:51:42-04:00June 10th, 2023|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Libraries, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How the humanities can foster diversity by discussing great books.

2 12, 2022

Math, logic, and the Holy Roman Emperor (Hugh Schofield, BBC News)

By Humanities Watch|2022-12-02T10:29:39-05:00December 2nd, 2022|Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, mathematics, military, News, Politics, Religion, Writing|0 Comments

The science of cryptography helps unlock a secret 16th-C. exchange.

10 09, 2022

More STEM, fewer humanities (J.M. Thomas, The Spectator)

By Humanities Watch|2022-09-10T11:13:00-04:00September 10th, 2022|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Europe, Everything Else, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Rhetorical and ethical questions about the humanities, resolved by reducing them.

12 08, 2022

The Healing Place of Trees in Art

By Humanities Watch|2023-05-28T11:02:14-04:00August 12th, 2022|Africa, Arts, Asia, Central / South America, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Nature, Observations, painting, Philosophy, poetry, Religion|1 Comment

Finding health in the art of nature.

12 01, 2022

Judging books by their covers (Anna Honer)

By Humanities Watch|2022-01-12T12:03:52-05:00January 12th, 2022|Arts, History, Libraries, Literature, Reviews, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Science and history combine to record a forgotten history of the book.

29 12, 2021

Self-betterment through better reading (John McWhorter, New York Times)

By Humanities Watch|2021-12-29T14:01:40-05:00December 29th, 2021|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Improving oneself through the study of great books.

29 12, 2021

The ghosts of Rome: returning home

By Humanities Watch|2022-02-13T12:27:43-05:00December 29th, 2021|Arts, Economics, Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, Museums, Observations, Philosophy, September|0 Comments

Finding bright company in the inner world of the spirit during the winter season.

1 11, 2021

Being Human Festival 2021

By Humanities Watch|2021-11-01T07:32:25-04:00November 1st, 2021|0 Comments

The UK's national festival for the humanities begins later this month.

9 10, 2021

Two cultures and a third (A.C. Grayling, The Article)

By Humanities Watch|2021-10-09T07:16:59-04:00October 9th, 2021|Academia, Arts, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, News, Philosophy, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How science and business may marginalize the humanities, to their detriment.

24 08, 2021

The chronic crisis of the humanities (Merve Emre and Len Gutkin, Chronicle of Higher Education)

By Humanities Watch|2021-08-24T11:22:07-04:00August 24th, 2021|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, News, Philosophy, Politics, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

That the humanities are always in crisis as part of their modern history.

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