Humanities and the cloud of unknowing (Agnes Callard, New York Times)
Whether defending the humanities misses their essence.
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01, 2024
10
06, 2023
Entertaining diversity with great books (Andrew Delbanco, Wall Street Journal)
How the humanities can foster diversity by discussing great books.
12
09, 2022
What end for the humanities (Steven Mintz, InsideHigherEd)
A call for critique and outreach.
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12, 2021
Jousting with Judgmentalists
Sir Felix encounters a new group of censorious simpletons, and defeats their leader in a joust.
24
08, 2021
The chronic crisis of the humanities (Merve Emre and Len Gutkin, Chronicle of Higher Education)
That the humanities are always in crisis as part of their modern history.
1
08, 2021
What’s in a name, AI? (Christopher Mims, Wall Street Journal)
How the language we use to identify AI carries preconceptions and fosters misunderstanding.
14
04, 2021
Medicine in crisis (Molly Worthen, New York Times)
That the pandemic should usher in a deepening interest in medical humanities.
11
11, 2020
Humanities in dialogue and crisis
Speaking of the humanities on the international front.
14
10, 2020
Humanities at fall (Elyssa Cherney, Chicago Tribune)
The cancellations of majors and programs continue.
26
05, 2020
The humanities’ counsel to science during the coronavirus (Ronald W. Dworkin, The American Interest)
Why science needs to heed the humanities during the coronavirus.