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10 12, 2018

Duplex skills for the modern world (Jeffrey J. Selingo, Washington Post)

By Humanities Watch|2018-12-28T22:45:39-05:00December 10th, 2018|Academia, education, Everything Else, History, News, Philosophy, STEM|0 Comments

A new attempt to integrate the skills fostered by humanities and STEM.

7 12, 2018

Freedom behind bars (Chris Wilson, Medium)

By Humanities Watch|2018-12-28T22:47:32-05:00December 7th, 2018|education, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, News, STEM|0 Comments

Books in a prison library provide freedom and new life.

28 11, 2018

The usefulness of literature and philosophy

By Humanities Watch|2018-11-28T12:12:02-05:00November 28th, 2018|Academia, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes|0 Comments

A Renaissance conception of the usefulness and value of the humanities, for humanity.

20 11, 2018

Uncovering ancient technology (Philippe Bohstrom, Haaretz)

By Humanities Watch|2018-11-20T11:35:11-05:00November 20th, 2018|Asia, Europe, Everything Else, mathematics, Nature, News, Religion, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

The ancient computer lost at sea, found by current technology.

6 11, 2018

W(h)ither the humanities? (Jeffrey Selingo, The Atlantic)

By Humanities Watch|2018-11-06T05:32:14-05:00November 6th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, News, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Can humanities study remain relevant in the world of STEM?

23 10, 2018

AI and Greek myth (Adrienne Mayor, Asia Times)

By Humanities Watch|2018-10-23T14:26:00-04:00October 23rd, 2018|Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, health, History, Literature, News, painting, Philosophy, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Can Pandora's story yield a warning about the promise of AI?

2 10, 2018

The ghosts of Rome

By Humanities Watch|2019-11-24T16:55:18-05:00October 2nd, 2018|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Observations, Politics, Religion, Writing|0 Comments

Voices of the spirit world and their historical, timeless importance.

30 09, 2018

Building Knowledge in the Humanities

By Humanities Watch|2018-10-03T14:27:19-04:00September 30th, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, science, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Videos|0 Comments

From a talk on the humanities and Renaissance humanism presented at Syracuse University, April 2018

13 09, 2018

Humanities and the environment (Bess Connolly Martell, YaleNews)

By Humanities Watch|2018-09-13T03:04:18-04:00September 13th, 2018|Academia, environment, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, science, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Studying the interrelationship between the humanities and the environmental sciences.

5 09, 2018

Dreams, yesterday and today

By Humanities Watch|2018-09-05T14:54:25-04:00September 5th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Libraries, Literature, Nature, Philosophy, poetry, psychology, Quotes, Religion, science, Writing|5 Comments

How dreams have affected our reasoning and reality, then and now.

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