#Humanities

Andy Kesson

andykesson

Well, I for one am inspired that students and staff are speaking to each other. It would surely be very odd if a university ever decided that was a bad

Ahmed

Post_Apathy

A new education platform would see mobile peripatetic scholars developing networks via a Twitter-like social media site but for education, blogging via an integrated Substack-style CMS, and teaching unrestricted by

John Penniman

Historiographos

Working with colleagues here on campus who are interested in medical humanities, I've begun digging into the lay of the land in the US / UK. One surprising and troubling

Ted Underwood

Ted_Underwood

I admire “public humanities” as much as the next person, but it does seem to me that the rise of that ideal has been driven partly by declining confidence that

Matt Steilen

MJSteilen

Here's (yet another) (but slightly different) take on the WSJ/Epstein thing: 1) Trad humanities programs have seen declining student interest, financial support, and social status. 2) as a result those

Nik Gunn

Nik_Gunn

One pernicious thing about the perceived "use" or "relevance" of academic subjects is the frequent imbalance between the way humanities/soc sciences and STEM subjects are treated, so it's sad to

Residing with yo daddy’s money

FeministaJones

Relevant to the US as well and the hard push for STEM education, particularly among the low-income & BIPoC they know they’ll never hire for anything, has been startling. They’re

Ashish Naredi

naredi

What Experts won't tell you about #NEP2020 1/n1. The most significant change in School Education is 5+3+3+4 system.2. However, ppl gloss it over like it is a cosmetic change!!What this

Jennifer Polk, PhD

FromPhDtoLife

Every time I think through what needs to change for humanities PhDs (esp the kinds that take too long) to be good for all involved, I wind up, eventually, at

db

db_is_db

Came across a person who actually assumes that humanities provides gainful employment. Talks about 'opportunities' in the IAS and in teaching (as a professor).Let me regale you with some anecdotes.

Chris R. Langley

Chris_R_Langley

The govt’s HE ‘restructuring’ doc is a mess. But as someone who works at a university in a predominantly working class area, with a high proportion of BAME & first-gen

Kirsty Rolfe

avoiding_bears

I am not going to get involved in Discourse but... how do you not know about research assistants in academia and also can people stop being like postdocs only do

Thomas Bolin

Scaevola67

1. If by "Humanities," we mean simply "non-STEM curriculum," then of course they will be of little help in addressing the social and civic crisis we are in right now,

opdroid1234

opdroid1234

Two nations fight a war. In many cases the uneasy peace that follows is predicated on both sides being able to claim victory of some sort. Diplomats and politicians are

Openly Black Mikki Kendall

Karnythia

Most of the current architects of fascism have humanities degrees. From top flight institutions ranging from Duke to University of Chicago to Harvard. They include degrees in everything from literature

OldRailwayAccidents

RWLDproject

Well, someone gets it. That's great. Really. It is important to see this kind of public statement.It's just a shame that the chunk of his party that sets the agenda

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