In Demosthenes: Democracy’s Defender, James Romm tells the tragic story of ancient Greece’s last democratic leader. In this Q&A, we talk with the author about his writing process and what... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Connecting with meaning by transcending cultural conventions.| Jorge Arango
Learning about agency and ethics from a 200-year-old novel (and not its more famous film adaptation.)| Jorge Arango
This summer the UW Data Science Minor, in collaboration with eScience, offered the third iteration of the Humanities Data Science Summer Institute (HDSSI). Undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty from several university departments gathered to work together on humanities data science research projects. During this collaborative process, students attended training sessions with guidance from HDSSI co-founders […]| eScience Institute
Reading Time: 5minutesFred Kleiner has authored Cengage’s canonical art history title, “Gardner’s Art through the Ages: A Global History” for the past six editions. And now, we’d like to introduce ourselves as its four new co-authors. We’re all eagerly working to revise and reframe this title to match many of the current directions in the art history [...] Read More... The post From Medieval Europe to AI Art: Meet Gardner’s New Authors appeared first on The Cengage Blog.| The Cengage Blog
Reading Time: 2minutesAs an artist, educator, writer and passionate advocate for the power of visual culture, I’ve dedicated the past several decades to making, teaching and writing about art. More importantly, I’ve helped others discover their own connection to creativity. A career rooted in creativity As a painter, I’ve exhibited my work in galleries and museums across [...] Read More... The post Author of Exploring Art, 6e Talks Life, Career and Latest Edition appeared first on The C...| The Cengage Blog
It may technically be fall, but September kept us in sunny skies, celebratory weekends, and classroom deep-dives at URochester.| News Center
The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities has opened in Oxford’s Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. The Centre is named after Stephen A. Schwarzman, who made donations totalling £185 million, including a £150 million gift which the University described as its biggest “since the Renaissance”. The new building houses seven faculties: English, History, Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics, Medieval […] The post Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities opens appeared first on Cherwell.| Cherwell
Dean Jim White shares how the College's focus on research and the liberal arts supports Carolina’s mission to serve the state of North Carolina and beyond. The post Service to the state, in and out of the classroom appeared first on Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine.| Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine
American Fulbright Specialist collaborates with colleagues in Hungary to tell histories of the rise of American industrial dominance.| Fulbright
The Polish Whiteheadian community is happy to announce this call for papers for the upcoming conference entitled “Whitehead for Education, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences: In Pursuit of a Metamorphosis of Pedagogy“. It will take place in Katowice, Poland on 19-20 November, 2025. In the conference presentations, we encourage contributors to share the results of transdisciplinary research on the foundations of education (and, more broadly, the humanities), utilizing the interpretive...| Center for Process Studies
Gabriel Said Reynolds— The eighteenth chapter of the Qur’an is named “The Cave” because it includes a story of young men who slept for hundreds of years in a cave... READ MORE The post A Dog, a Donkey, and an Ant: Animals in the Qur’an and Their Biblical Background appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Perennially relevant lessons about liberty and bottom-up organization from two classic texts.| Jorge Arango
How ChatGPT helped me enjoy — and learn from — a classic 19th century novel.| Jorge Arango
Why did so many Jews find their way to Trondheim before the Second World War? Microhistory can help shed light.| Norwegian SciTech News
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| 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
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
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| 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| Yale University Press
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
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| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
Thoughts on moral responses to prejudice and injustice spurred by Shakespeare and Spike Lee.| Jorge Arango
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
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
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
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
Two veterans share how Georgetown has supported the military-connected community on campus with resources and support networks.| Georgetown University
