#Humanities

BDF (Black diaspora faggotry)

blacklikewho

Think about it: The premier humanities and social sciences academic institution could not make a deal with the only Black academic association in the federation for the 2021 conference. But

Tom Mills

ta_mills

A lot of chat lately about how shockingly dishonest the Tories are. There's a sociological reason for this. It's not (just) a moral failing on the part of conservatives. Conservativism

💜🕯advent casey cecilia 🕯💜

CaseyHelen96

Hey so perhaps the reason college-educated women are angry isn’t because their degrees are useless but because people for whom college was/is not the ideal path keep insisting that college

A.V. (Alex) Marraccini

saintsoftness

This is an important piece by @seeshespeak -- I am particularly irked by Felski's characterisations of what work is isn't somehow the academic humanities, and feel almost entirely opposed to

Mark Leuchter

MarkLeuchter

The University of Vermont has announced that it will be eliminating several of its programs, including Classics and Religion. 1/https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2020/12/02/uvm-announces-plan-to-eliminate-more-than-two-dozen-a

Aaron Hanlon

AaronRHanlon

1) A crucial insight here I'd like to expound upon. There's a fundamental mismatch between the purposes for which English departments were set up and the charges of knowledge work

Kathryn James

OsbornEarlyMod

Will probably delete this, and speak only (as ever) for myself, but: Dear cherished academic colleagues: could you please stop using "love" and the "love letter" when you talk about

Pradip Varma

Pradip_K_Varma

#TheRiseOfPakyaFirst the good things in NEP ...Skills from 6th std, I've advocated this for longFlexibility b/w courses, multiple entry/exit pointsTransfer of credits eCourses in all languagesSingle Higher Education RegulatorCommon entr

Rebekah 💥 Monson

rsm

My mom and brother (now a principal) are social studies teachers. We’ve had some convos over the past few days about our current state of affairs being a result of

Dr. Malinda S. Smith

MalindaSmith

6Jan US insurrection:Democracies need the social sciences & humanities more than ever.We need political science, sociology, anthropology, history, phil, ethics.We need better media, smarter journalists, social media literacy.We need ant

Chris

chr1s_2_far

one of the things I think is that being good at A Levels is actually a hindrance in the humanities university subjects becasue of the way A Levels are designed

Plashing Vole

PlashingVole

I see the Universities Minister intends to defund her own degree, History and Politics. It seems to have served her own career quite well.https://twitter.com/michelledonelan/status/1352268481954242560 But perhaps she feels the Humanities

Fabio Martinenghi

FabItMart

Australian Education Policy note #auspol [thread]https://fabitmart.github.io/files/edu_note1.pdfThe Commonwealth government is considering a reform that includes dramatic increases in the price ("student contribution") of getting

Cathy Davidson

CathyNDavidson

1-Every prof and teacher I know is having a really hard time at end of term. Everyone is overwhelmed. So are our students. So are university staff and administrators (hard

Ted McCormick

mccormick_ted

Quillette: in the intellectual tradition of CP Snow, we are trying to find a way to bridge humanities and sciencesAlso Quillette: studying science in social or historical context is the

Yoni Appelbaum

YAppelbaum

1. This is not the most consequential thing on the nation’s mind this evening. But President Trump’s election eve announcement of a 1776 Commission underlines one of the odder failures

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