Letter from Florence
Thoughts from the historical heart of the humanities.
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12, 2022
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12, 2022
The virtues of Renaissance dialogue (December 15, noon ET)
How Renaissance thinkers understood dialogue as narrative medicine.
30
11, 2021
Culture as Care: A Talk on Humanist Letter-Writing (in Italian)
Exploring the connection between care and culture in Renaissance letters
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08, 2021
Reviving history in a time of crisis (James Hankins, Public Discourse)
That the Renaissance can live again, for our spiritual welfare.
20
11, 2020
The relevance of Renaissance reasoning
Renaissance history remains relevant not only for the humanities, but for our health.
17
06, 2020
The humanities and critical inquiry (James Hankins, Public Discourse)
How the history of the humanities can show us the way to critical reform.
30
09, 2018
Building Knowledge in the Humanities
From a talk on the humanities and Renaissance humanism presented at Syracuse University, April 2018
17
04, 2018
Building Knowledge in the Renaissance: Humanist Constructs and Conversations
How did Renaissance humanities build knowledge in ways that still have meaning today? An upcoming talk and discussion at Syracuse University.
12
12, 2017
Rivers of time and change, outside and within
Change over time leads to thoughts of our accepted certainties.
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03, 2017
How useful are the humanities, and to what end? (Johann N. Neem, Process)
An historian asks about the ways the humanities are suitable for modern society.