Directed by Christine Henseler, The Humanities, Plain & Simple is a special 4Humanities Project. It is a comprehensive and targeted campaign that calls out to individuals and groups inside and outside of academia to write statements in “plain language” as to why the Humanities matter. How has Humanities-based thinking directly or indirectly altered or innovated […]
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Local Chapter of 4Humanities at UC Santa Barbara
4Humanities@UCSB functions both independently as a Research Focus Group of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) at UC Santa Barbara and as a local chapter of the international 4Humanities initiative. As a local IHC Research Focus Group, 4Humanities@UCSB meets periodically during the year around a few topics and readings–e.g., core issues in public discourse on the […]
4Humanities@UCSB Meetings
4Humanities@UCSB meets about three times a quarter during Fall, Winter, and Spring. Each meeting is led by a facilitator who sets the agenda, moderates discussion, or facilitates production activities. For upcoming and past meetings, including resources and notes, see below. Some resources are private to the group or available only to members of the UCSB […]
Anthony Garcia, “5 Overlooked Reasons the Humanities Help Us All”
« A Humanities, Plain & Simple Post » Every student of the Humanities has had to defend their studies at some point. Compared to other majors such as engineering or chemistry, the humanities do not seem to be nearly as applicable for future jobs. Humanities programs are not considered a technical science and it is […]
Threat to Eliminate NEH and NEA in U.S. House of Representatives
On Monday, July 25th, the National Humanities Alliance (NHA) issued an urgent alert that an amendment had been offered in the U.S. House of Representatives to eliminate the total funding for both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts (and other programs). While the amendment failed by voice vote, […]
Stanley Fish on “The Triumph of the Humanities”
Writing in his column for The New York Times about a new field called GeoHumanities—and, in particular, a project in “mapping time” by the historian and university president Edward L. Ayers—Stanley Fish concludes: What this all suggests is that while we have been anguishing over the fate of the humanities, the humanities have been busily […]
Commission on Humanities and Social Sciences Formed by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
At the request of a bipartisan group of U.S. legislators, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced on February 18, 2011, that it has created a new Commission on Humanities and Social Sciences funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Chaired by Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead and Excelon Corporation Chairman (and CEO) […]