Readers respond to a guest essay by a philosophy professor about difficulties defending the humanities. To the Editor: Re “I Teach the Humanities. I Still Don’t Know What Their Value Is,” by Agnes ...

O ver the last couple of decades, the humanities have often been defended. Too often. Those defenses have been most useful when they have segued into what has also become a thriving field over the ...

O nce again, there are signs of deep trouble for the humanities in higher education — in the Western world, if not the world as a whole. News of closures trickles in relentlessly. At New Zealand’s ...

The crisis, when it came, arrived so quickly that its scale was hard to recognize at first. From 2012 to the start of the pandemic, the number of English majors on campus at Arizona State University ...

In part three of a series of articles that looks at the humanities at Bowdoin today, we examine the evidence supporting the idea that studying the humanities helps Bowdoin graduates find jobs—and ...

The humanities have entered a new era, one focused on deconstructing power and privilege, rethinking race and identity, and reimagining justice and equality. The goal is no longer just to interpret ...

Throughout high school, Jessica Lao ’23 was set on studying English. Her love of literature dates back to her childhood, when her mother would bring her books from the library: children’s versions of ...

The humanities are where many future leaders, communicators, scholars, CEOs, storytellers, creatives, directors, writers and entrepreneurs come to get their start. While the disciplines of the ...

Princeton’s leadership in environmental studies had a seminal meeting of the minds in 1992, when President Harold T. Shapiro saw the opportunity to leverage the University’s strengths in environmental ...

Perhaps you’ve heard of the World Cinema Project, which is making foreign language films, largely unknown outside their native countries, available on Blu-ray discs and DVDs. Established in 2007 by ...