Plague and pandemic, at a distance (James Hankins, Quillette)
Coping with disease at a distance during the time of plague.
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04, 2020
4
04, 2020
Covidian Catastrophes (M. NourbeSe Philip)
How the coronavirus echoes with past suffering.
28
02, 2020
The long history of the humanities crisis (David Sessions, The New Republic)
How business and technocracy shaped the humanities crisis for many years.
2
02, 2020
Writing the world’s end (Peter Cunningham, YaleNews)
How apocalyptic literature treats the world's end through climate change.
28
01, 2020
No history needed, nor languages (University of Sunderland, UK)
To find your career, you needn't learn history or modern languages.
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01, 2020
The path toward phenomenal healthcare
A conversation about humanities and healthcare, with patients at the center.
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01, 2020
STEM is in the air (Virginia Heffernan, Wired)
STEM has the air of insubstantiality.
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12, 2019
Brain scans spotlight the cast of history (Pierre Gagnepain et al., Nature Human Behavior)
Using neural imaging, the study suggests how collective memory filters our sense of history.
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12, 2019
Art and memory (Ken Smith, WRAL.com)
Viewing art summons the memory of things past.
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12, 2019
The humanities beyond ‘useless’ self-reflection (Karen E. Spierling, The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Asserting the usefulness of the humanities, apart from moneymaking.