Fears over the future of humanities spread amid layoffs and restructurings at scores of public and private universities ...

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 ...

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 ...

Neubauer Collegium project to articulate value of humanistic scholarship and teaching in higher education and society ...

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 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 ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. As humanists grow ever more desperate for students, funding and public recognition, these scholars ...

Maxwell Eller is majoring in classics and Arturo Padilla in religious studies for health professionals, both at the University of Arizona. “It helped my attention span in a world of YouTube and ...

Skills learned in the study of humanities are invaluable in a host of interesting and impactful professions. Credit: Harrison Jones for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

Tess C. Wayland is an English concentrator and has taken Hum 10, Social Studies 10, History and Literature 10, and English 10. Vivian W. Rong is a Philosophy concentrator. Homer. Sappho. James Joyce.