President Donald Trump met recently with Russian president Vladimir Putin and with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an attempt to negotiate a settlement to the Russia-Ukraine war. The three leaders are all charismatic figures who know how to use their appeal to mobilize public opinion, said Richard Tempest, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of […]| News Bureau
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Central Asia has been an important crossroads of cultural exchange throughout history, but studies of the area are lacking and many sources of knowledge have been unavailable to scholars. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign lead a project that recently published an edited volume of work on the cultural heritage, history […]| News Bureau
Letters in Exile: Transnational Journeys of a Harlem Renaissance Writer is a compilation of the private correspondence of Claude McKay, the queer Jamaican-born Harlem Renaissance visionary. In this Q&A, editors... READ MORE The post Letters in Exile: A Conversation with Brooks E. Hefner and Gary Edward Holcomb appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
After all, what will we do with our time? How will we live lives of meaningful leisure?| The New Republic
India must promote humanities in IITs. IITs risk losing their global edge if they abandon humanities, the key to ethical and creative engineering breakthroughs. #IITs #humanities #education| Policy Circle
Three radically different approaches to remaking society.| Jorge Arango
Grappling with poetry infused with powerful mythological imagery.| Jorge Arango
Exploring the unreasonable pursuit of personal passions via works of fiction and meta-fiction.| Jorge Arango
Reading Time: 4minutesPolitical science is a dynamic and exciting field with many equally exciting career opportunities for college graduates. And according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, the median salary in 2018 for all 25- to 29-year-olds with a bachelor’s degree in political science was $50,600 — the overall average for all [...] Read More... The post Where Can a Political Science Major Take Your Students? appeared first on The Cengag...| The Cengage Blog
Hey folks, Fireside this week! As I noted a couple of weeks ago, things are probably going to get more than a little fireside-y over the next few weeks, simply because of the start of the semester – and a semester in which I am undertaking a set of entire new preps (that is, teaching … Continue reading Fireside Friday, August 27, 2025 (On Defending History)→| A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Will Burke on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”Photos by Randy Holmes/ABC Arts & Culture Funny or failure? It’s a fine line. ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ writer Will Burke on taking risks in comedy and why getting laughs is worth near-constant rejection Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer August 26, 2025 7 min read A series exploring how risk shapes our decisions. Imagine walking a tightrope. Your goal is to get to the other side without falling. Below you — certain death. Well, maybe not death. Maybe ther...| Harvard Gazette
NTNU's Jazz Programme has produced a long line of talented musicians and bands who are making their mark both nationally and internationally. Peer learning and nerding out are two of the key ingredients in the recipe for success.| Norwegian SciTech News
We Computers: A Ghazal Novel is a multilayered exploration of poetry, authorship, and digital intelligence. The book follows French poet and psychologist Jon-Perse who, inspired by what his translation partner... READ MORE The post We Computers: A Conversation with Hamid Ismailov and Shelley Fairweather-Vega appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Martin Mittelmeier— 100 years ago, Theodor Adorno and Siegfried Kracauer began their journey to Naples, where they met Walter Benjamin and Alfred Sohn-Rethel. This meeting transformed their way of thinking... READ MORE The post The 100th Anniversary of Critical Theory in Naples appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Three texts that ground knowledge, nature, and morality on solid philosophical foundations.| Jorge Arango
Thoughts on a classic philosophical novel with an undesirable stance toward undesirable circumstances.| Jorge Arango
Majoring in sociology opens up many opportunities for students to gain career-readiness skills that can prepare them for the future.| The Cengage Blog
Arts & Culture Reading like it’s 1989 Illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Max Larkin Harvard Staff Writer August 15, 2025 7 min read Report on classroom literature shows staying power for ‘Gatsby,’ ‘Of Mice and Men,’ other classics. Time to move on? Look back 40 years and you’ll see a lot of seismic change. The rise of the Internet, the smartphone revolution, and now AI everywhere. The end of the Cold War and the dawn of many messier conflicts. The overturning of paradigms ...| Harvard Gazette
Photo by Jennifer S. Altman Nation & World Why Malcolm X matters even more 60 years after his killing New book by Mark Whitaker examines growth of artistic, political, cultural influence of controversial Civil Rights icon Christina Pazzanese Harvard Staff Writer August 15, 2025 8 min read Malcolm X was the provocative yet charismatic face of Black Nationalism and spokesman for the Nation of Islam before he was gunned down at an event in New York City on Feb. 21, 1965, after breaking with the ...| Harvard Gazette
Arts & Culture Carving a place in outer space for the humanities Jennifer L. Roberts.Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Eileen O’Grady Harvard Staff Writer August 11, 2025 6 min read Cosmos ‘is as weird and astonishing as any great work of art,’ argues Jennifer Roberts, and navigating it requires ‘a new kind of ethics’ Jennifer Roberts is an art historian whose work orbits an unexpected subject: outer space. Fascinated by images that are created as a way of understanding ...| Harvard Gazette
The President of Monmouth College, a private liberal arts college in Illinois, has recently announced that students at the school will no longer be able to major in philosophy, nor in a number of other subjects, starting in Fall 2026. “We stand firm to our commitment as a liberal arts college and embrace the traditions of Monmouth and liberal arts schools,” said President Patricia Draves, as she announced the elimination of major programs in philosophy, history, classics, anthropology, so...| Daily Nous
Delving into two classic books that explore evergreen political tensions.| Jorge Arango
Musings on delusion triggered by one of the best novels ever written.| Jorge Arango
Thoughts on moral responses to prejudice and injustice spurred by Shakespeare and Spike Lee.| Jorge Arango
Ivy Pochoda.Photo by Darran Tiernan Arts & Culture From tragedy to ‘Ecstasy’ Ivy Pochoda’s feminist retelling of ‘The Bacchae’ examines freedom from inhibition with Electronic Dance Music beat Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer July 30, 2025 5 min read King Pentheus of Thebes and his mother, Agave, become the target of the god Dionysus’ wrath for rejecting his sybaritic cult in the ancient Greek tragedy “The Bacchae.” In “Ecstasy,” Ivy Pochoda’s new feminist retelling, Diony...| Harvard Gazette
American Fulbright Specialist collaborates with colleagues in Hungary to tell histories of the rise of American industrial dominance.| Fulbright
Engaging the local residents is key to the success of local festivals.| Norwegian SciTech News
“I arrived at the Humboldt University in Berlin imagining that I’d be among people who shared my enthusiasm for antiquity. But if they did, most of them hid it really well.” So writes G…| Volatile Rune
The warnings family members give about starving English majors are working — students are fleeing from the humanities en masse. The post Misguided Careerism is Killing the Humanities appeared first on The Observer.| The Observer
Across centuries, the bard warns us that subverting the ‘natural’ order of things can have dire consequences.| Jorge Arango
Christopher B Hays and Richard B Hays— The longer I live, the more convinced I am that his earlier conclusion that LGBTQ people should abstain from living out their sexual... READ MORE| Yale University Press
HeinOnline: Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law Legal materials on slavery in the U.S. and the English-speaking world. The post HeinOnline: Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law first appeared on LIBRARY.| LIBRARY
Following Dante out of hell onto (hopefully) better things.| Jorge Arango
Rosa Mistika is a Swahili classic by one of Tanzania’s most revered writers, Euphrase Kezilahabi. It was banned upon publication in 1971 and translated into English by Jay Boss Rubin... READ MORE| Yale University Press
As a history PhD, I’m used to hearing that I should have studied STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) instead. We humanities graduates often retort that our skills are underappreciated, but our arguments ring hollow in the face of a difficult job market. Facing this reality, ambitious students rapidly abandoned arts majors throughout the 2000s, […]| Minding The Campus
Two poems by Dante Alighieri, and what they tell us about living a good life.| Jorge Arango
Diagnosed with autism, Analisa struggled both academically and socially throughout her school years. This year, she graduated with highest honors and as a co-valedictorian of the Class of 2025. She will transfer to Princeton University next Fall.| PCCC
Deadline: 30. Juni 2025 We live in times of global...| Max Weber Netzwerk Osteuropa
On Thursday, April 17, students from Duke’s course Climate, Culture and Identity held a screening for their documentary shorts focusing on how climate change has been impacting Durham and nearby communities. Led by Duke professors Saskia Cornes and Lauren Henschel, the class produced intellectually stimulating and inspirational documentary shorts. “These are people who have never […] The post Roots and Resilience: Students Document Climate Change in Durham appeared first on Research Blog.| Research Blog
By Clelia O. Rodríguez. DESCRIPTION I, as a woman of color, am seeking for the opportunity to teach under the umbrella of the Humanities, broadly speaking. I am a promiscuous individual so preferably non-tenure track solicitors will be considered first. The idea of “for life” commitment is bad for my emotional health without having the […]| Incite Seminars
Stony Brook University Distinguished Professor of English Rowan Ricardo Phillips received a 2025 Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts.| SBU News
World-famous treasures crafted from walrus ivory are on their way to Norway, including chess pieces from the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.| Norwegian SciTech News
Joel P. Christensen— Social media was abuzz with rumor and speculation in the run-up to the November 2024 U.S. presidential election. When hurricanes Helene and Milton struck the southeastern United... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Children’s Literature As Public Humanities| Philip Nel
"The decline in liberal-arts disciplines is happening because, on many campuses, no one has taken ownership of explaining them." That's Scott Carlson and Ned Laff in The Chronicle of Higher Education on "The Hidden Utility of the Liberal Arts". The authors thoughtfully discuss some of the causes of this decline and its various aspects, and they| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
Embarking on a year-long journey to explore the classics with the help of AI and a curated reading list.| Jorge Arango
ORCID has added new humanities-based work types; a long-awaited development both for ORCID and for our community!| ORCID
Hidden and forgotten traces of Iceland’s history and sagas can be found in ancient, reused parchments called palimpsets.| Norwegian SciTech News
Former Washington Post journalist Paul Hendrickson has donated his professional papers to W&M Libraries.| W&M News
Each December, the infant Jesus, His parents, and the shepherds, wise men and farm animals can be seen in homes and offices all across the world. Those Nativity sets, along with other Christmas decor, carry symbolism that reminds us of the birth of Christ.| News
With humanities and social sciences removed from the "blue-skies" research fund, many Māori-led research projects will no longer be funded. "Core" scientists have also voiced opposition to the move, despite the fact that most of them will see increased funding opportunities from it. The Science| www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
Roberto “Bob” Van Eyken ’74 is bringing his grandfather’s novels to English-speaking audiences for the first time.| W&M News
Humanities and social science funding has been cut from the Marsden Fund, the main fund for 'blue-skies' research in Aotearoa New Zealand. The areas that have been cut include research in subjects like nursing, law, and archaeology. The Science Media Centre asked experts to comment. Profe| www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
The bishop's men plundered the king's fortress. Then they threw a dead man into the well to poison it. Now we know more about the deceased.| Norwegian SciTech News
Trade blockades are an old tool that is still used in wars. The ERC will spend EUR 9.9 million to see how much they mean.| Norwegian SciTech News
Objects and shapes influence language and how we see the world. The European Research Council has granted NOK 123 million to study this topic.| Norwegian SciTech News
In its final report, the American Anthropological Association’s Commission for the Ethical Treatment of Human Remains recently outlined principles and recommendations for the field.| W&M News
Author Addie Tsai on the role of literature, the significance of new genres, and the importance of centering more diverse voices.| W&M News
We are pleased to announce that Professor Carla Gardina Pestana, Distinguished Professor and Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World (Department of History), will serve as Director of the Center for 17th– & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library for Academic Year 2024-25. Professor Pestana studies the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century...| The Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies
On May 9, John Sullivan, a PhD candidate in history at Northwestern University, delivered an online lecture as a 2023–2024 recipient of the Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Graduate Research Fellowship. The lecture considered how cities figured in and spurred the production of various genres of historical writing that naturalists and governmental officials used to comprehend catastrophic...| The Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies
Bigger Thomas, the central figure in Richard Wright’s novel Native Son, eludes easy categorization. In Bigger: A Literary Life, Trudier Harris examines his continued relevance in debates over Black men and the violence... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Last week, the brilliant Aimee Merrydew (Keele University) shared a Study Matters podcast in which she interviewed me about the work of the Active Online Reading project on digital reading pedagogi…| Making Digital History
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“Sociability was a key word for Enlightenment thinkers. The pleasures of hearing unanticipated viewpoints and a variety of storytelling talents, music, theater, and interpretive conversations managed to weave and to sustain the political fabric of democracies. That social fabric has frayed over time, while investments in the humanities also erode. This is no coincidence. The weave and the practices of equitable interchange need mending today, as democracy shows signs of unraveling along ant...| The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Foundation
Two veterans share how Georgetown has supported the military-connected community on campus with resources and support networks.| Georgetown University