Fables for early spring
Changes in nature, including our own, beneath the surface.
7
02, 2021
28
10, 2020
The humanities during coronavirus (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
That the humanities offer pleasure and inspiration during the pandemic.
25
10, 2020
The deepest cuts in Australia (Catherine Ford, Sydney Morning Herald)
Expressing the joy and loss of humanities in Australia.
5
06, 2020
Paradigms of Pandemic (Simone Marchesi)
Reflections on the coronavirus when reading Renaissance literature.
15
04, 2020
Humanities and the corona crisis (Mads Bager Ganderup, Berlingske)
The coronavirus crisis may re-ignite our interest in the humanities.
13
04, 2020
Chaucer and Chinese medicine
How Chaucer's pilgrims enact the walking cure in springtime crisis, in line with Chinese medicine.
2
02, 2020
Writing the world’s end (Peter Cunningham, YaleNews)
How apocalyptic literature treats the world's end through climate change.
3
01, 2020
STEM is in the air (Virginia Heffernan, Wired)
STEM has the air of insubstantiality.
10
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.
2
12, 2019
The healing power of poetry (Sumathi Reddy, Wall Street Journal)
Poetry may provide healing as it is read or written.