A recent article published in The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the recent institution of liberal arts programs in some of the top universities in China and East Asia. The article is detailed and primarily focuses on China, covering issues ranging from how to marry the study of Eastern and Western cultures, the wide variety […]
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4Humanities@UCSB Meeting 5
Project Planning February 27 and March 12, 2012 (South Hall 2509) At our last meeting, we reached the stage of discussing possible projects. So far, about ten project ideas have emerged. You can also add more by emailing your idea to Lindsay (lindsaythomas AT umail.ucsb.edu). Our next step is now to winnow down the possibilities […]
Fighting for the Humanities
In a recent piece entitled “Fighting for the Humanities: Who will bankroll poetry?” published in Academe, Professor and President of the AAUP (American Association of University Professors) Cary Nelson calls for “a humanities offensive.” Nelson’s substantial and wide-ranging piece covers, among among other things, the significant differences in public perceptions of the sciences and the […]
Projects Under Development
[Under construction. Once the projects being developed on the 4Humanities@UCSB private wiki are at a further stage, they will be migrated to this public “Projects Under Development” page. Later, a mature project created by 4Humanities@UCSB will be integrated with the main public 4Humanities site]
The Future of the Humanities: A Think Tank
Professors Paul Jay, Gerald Graff, and Gregory Jay, authors of the article “Fear of Being Useful,” which appeared in Inside Higher Ed at the beginning of January (profiled here on the 4Humanities site), have started a website called “The Future of the Humanities: A Think Tank.” The website is meant to serve, the authors claim, […]
Quantifying Digital Humanities
Melissa Terras, Deputy Director of the UCL Centre for the Digital Humanities and 4Humanities coordinator, has gathered some statistics about the digital humanities and turned them into an infographic, which can be found at the UCLDH Flickr account and blog. The infographic shows the present extent of the Digital Humanities, measured according to a variety […]
Valerie Barr, “STEM and Humanities: It Isn’t Either-Or”
« A Humanities, Plain & Simple Post » I think of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) and humanities as being the bookends of a quality education. Everyone needs exposure to and experience with both, or their education is incomplete and inadequate. Why do I think this? There’s an interesting tension developing across the academic landscape […]