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3 01, 2020

STEM is in the air (Virginia Heffernan, Wired)

Humanities Watch2020-01-02T15:00:21-05:00January 3rd, 2020|Academia, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, mathematics, News, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

STEM has the air of insubstantiality.

10 12, 2019

The humanities beyond ‘useless’ self-reflection (Karen E. Spierling, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Humanities Watch2019-12-09T19:49:22-05:00December 10th, 2019|Academia, business, Debate / dialogue, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, science|0 Comments

Asserting the usefulness of the humanities, apart from moneymaking.

2 12, 2019

The healing power of poetry (Sumathi Reddy, Wall Street Journal)

Humanities Watch2019-12-02T06:38:26-05:00December 2nd, 2019|Academia, Arts, Everything Else, health, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, News, poetry, U.S. / Canada, Writing|1 Comment

Poetry may provide healing as it is read or written.

11 11, 2019

Gaming the humanities (Valerie Elwell, UCI School of Humanities)

Humanities Watch2019-11-10T20:55:28-05:00November 11th, 2019|Academia, business, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, STEM, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

How literature and history deepen the complexity of gaming.

9 11, 2019

Being Human Festival, 14-23 November 2019

Humanities Watch2019-11-08T20:16:53-05:00November 9th, 2019|Exhibit, Program|0 Comments

A festival of the humanities in everyday life.

22 10, 2019

Tell me a story about money (Heather Long, Washington Post)

Humanities Watch2019-10-22T08:58:14-04:00October 22nd, 2019|Academia, business, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The dismal science of economics is brightened by narrative.

7 09, 2019

Science and the suburbs

Humanities Watch2019-09-07T07:49:09-04:00September 7th, 2019|Debate / dialogue, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, poetry, Quotes, science, STEM, Writing|0 Comments

A poem about science and suburban protest.

21 05, 2019

Academic anatomy (Anastasia Berg, Chronicle of Higher Education)

Humanities Watch2019-05-21T06:45:32-04:00May 21st, 2019|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, Language, Literature, News, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Accepting the downfall of humanities but debating who is to blame.

13 05, 2019

To the rescue of the humanities (Ryane Liao, The Stanford Daily)

Humanities Watch2019-05-13T12:22:39-04:00May 13th, 2019|Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, History, Journalism, Literature, News, Philosophy, Religion, STEM, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Rescuing the humanities in five steps.

6 04, 2019

Still more fables for modern times

Humanities Watch2019-04-07T07:52:25-04:00April 6th, 2019|Arts, Debate / dialogue, environment, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Medicine, Observations, Philosophy, science, Technology, Writing|0 Comments

Fables can still suit these times.

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