literature Archives

18 07, 2025

The humanities hustle

By Humanities Watch|2026-02-27T12:46:03-05:00July 18th, 2025|Everything Else, Quotes|0 Comments

Erica Machulak talks about Hikma, her humanities consulting startup, and her new book.

20 06, 2025

For the love of books (Katarina Zimmer, BBC Future)

By Humanities Watch|2025-06-20T16:47:26-04:00June 20th, 2025|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, Medicine, News, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

The ways reading may boost your sense of well-being.

21 05, 2025

Announcing the Age of Machines

By Humanities Watch|2025-05-22T06:01:46-04:00May 21st, 2025|Quotes|0 Comments

An Italian thinker plays upon the Machine Age, two centuries ago.

20 01, 2025

Nourishing the humanities’ growth

By Humanities Watch|2025-01-25T16:32:15-05:00January 20th, 2025|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, March, Politics, Quotes, science, STEM|0 Comments

An interview with Phoebe Stein of the State Humanities Councils on recognizing and supporting public humanities.

5 10, 2024

A Librarian’s Life in Her Letters: Belle Greene and the Morgan Library

By Humanities Watch|2025-02-04T16:23:15-05:00October 5th, 2024|Academia, Arts, Asia, education, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Language, Libraries, Literature, painting, Quotes, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Letters reveal the shaping of a public institution, the Morgan Library.

26 03, 2024

Supporting a “humanities renaissance” (UNC News)

By Humanities Watch|2024-03-26T13:47:27-04:00March 26th, 2024|Academia, business, Charities, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A major donation from a business alumnus inspired and guided by the humanities.

11 02, 2024

Out from the ashes (Reed Albergotti, Semafor)

By Humanities Watch|2024-02-11T17:55:42-05:00February 11th, 2024|Arts, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

A step in unravelling a 2000-year-old mystery though AI.

12 01, 2024

Corporate coup (Huck Gutman, Common Dreams)

By Humanities Watch|2024-01-12T16:27:31-05:00January 12th, 2024|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

How the humanities suffer in the challenge to corporate culture.

4 07, 2023

Syncopated synapses (Jon Hamilton, NPR)

By Humanities Watch|2023-07-04T12:19:33-04:00July 4th, 2023|Academia, Arts, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, Music, News, painting, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How the arts help us think and create.

1 07, 2023

Pizza at Pompeii? (Farrell Monaco, BBC Travel)

By Humanities Watch|2023-07-01T11:02:01-04:00July 1st, 2023|Arts, Economics, environment, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Literature, Museums, News, painting|0 Comments

Finding flatbread in the buried city.