Humanistic Think Tank: From Talk to Action (Helsinki, 26-27 October 2017)
From Talk to Action, NordMatch 2017 aims to enliven and energize humanists from around the world
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10, 2017
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08, 2017
The liberal arts and the path to fulfillment (George Anders, Atlantic)
The liberal arts, including the humanities, open up new possibilities for fulfilling lives.
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08, 2017
College students know the usefulness of humanities majors (Michelle Cheng, FiveThirtyEight)
Students determine the usefulness of the humanities according to their career path.
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08, 2017
The Shipwreck of the Humanities
Do the humanities prevent or foster our cultural shipwreck?
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07, 2017
Rediscovering the humanities in financial matters
Why literature, history, philosophy, and art offer countless examples of financial insight, and why knowing the ways of finance deepens our appreciation of the humanities.
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07, 2017
Living well with philosophy (T. Rees Shapiro, Washington Post)
Philosophy deepens and widens our life's course.
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03, 2017
Saving the humanities through history (Rens Bod, Chronicle of Higher Education)
How understanding the humanities' past illuminates their present and future importance, as they have discovered new findings critical to understanding our world.
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03, 2017
“Philosophia vitae magistra”: philosophy is the teacher of life
"Philosophia vitae magistra": philosophy is the teacher of life Who is unaware that human life without the liberal arts is not only destitute and empty, but indeed far inferior and worse to that of many animals? When I then turn my attention to philosophy itself, how many times have I heard from you that it in [...]
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03, 2017
Ending the National Endowment for the Humanities (Sopan Deb, New York Times)
The current administration proposes to do away with the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as with the National Endowment for the Arts.
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02, 2017
Combining medical insights with ancient texts to understand past diseases
Combining medical insights with ancient texts to understand past diseases. Francesco Galassi, a paleopathographist, explains its promise: Palaeopathography is a unique opportunity for palaeopathology, since it allows the investigation of symptoms and signs of diseases, vital for medicine, yet unavailable when only studying ancient bones or mummies. This is especially viable with famous historical figures [...]