humanities Archives

28 01, 2018

The humanities need no case

By Humanities Watch|2018-03-18T07:48:28-04:00January 28th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Nature, Observations, Philosophy, poetry, science, Theater, Writing|0 Comments

The humanities chart the heights and depths of humanity.

23 01, 2018

The humanities’ dance with STEM (Alan Livsey, Financial Times)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-24T20:54:39-05:00January 23rd, 2018|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, News, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A new book outlines the alliance between humanities and STEM.

21 01, 2018

Flowers, humanity, and the use of the useless

By Humanities Watch|2019-04-08T10:40:11-04:00January 21st, 2018|Arts, Asia, Everything Else, History, Literature, Nature, painting, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, science, Writing|0 Comments

What is "useless" serves to remind us of our humanity.

15 01, 2018

On science and ignorance, and re-viewing the history of “progress”

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-15T18:01:48-05:00January 15th, 2018|Africa, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Europe, Everything Else, January, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, Quotes, science, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How science meets its limits in questions awaiting answers.

10 01, 2018

The humanities, class, and the university (Justin Stover, American Affairs Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-10T09:37:52-05:00January 10th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, Politics, science, STEM, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

The humanities have little standing in society at large.

4 01, 2018

Digitizing the pathways of publishing (Jennifer Clark, Wall Street Journal)

By Humanities Watch|2018-01-03T14:53:42-05:00January 4th, 2018|Academia, business, education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Libraries, Literature, News, STEM, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

By digital demonstration, researchers discover how publishing pathways and networks spread literacy among various social and economic classes.

13 12, 2017

Tech and the divided world (Berkeley Lovelace, Jr., CNBC)

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-13T11:07:56-05:00December 13th, 2017|business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, History, Journalism, Language, News, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How technology creates a house divided in the name of communication.

12 12, 2017

Rivers of time and change, outside and within

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-12T09:22:03-05:00December 12th, 2017|Debate / dialogue, Europe, History, Literature, People, Philosophy, psychology, Quotes, Religion, Writing|0 Comments

Change over time leads to thoughts of our accepted certainties.

11 12, 2017

The false promises of higher education (Bryan Caplan, Atlantic)

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-11T08:12:28-05:00December 11th, 2017|Academia, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, History, Language, Literature, News, poetry, psychology, science, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Universities, born in the Middle Ages, appear to have out-lived their usefulness.

8 12, 2017

English study and medical training: what the literature tells us (Mark Abadi, Business Insider)

By Humanities Watch|2017-12-08T09:33:57-05:00December 8th, 2017|Academia, education, Employment, Language, Medicine, News, science, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A healthy knowledge of English enhances medical learning.