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4Humanities@Auburn

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December 18, 20134Humanities@AuburnStéfan Sinclair

4Humanities@AU will function as a local traditional discussion/study group on topics related to the humanities and advocacy of the humanities and as an active member of the international 4Humanities Collective. As a local chapter, 4Humanities@AU will meet periodically during the academic year to hold public workshops and brainstorming sessions and to discuss readings on pertinent topics; some of the initial meetings will be also dedicated to the structure of the group, the website and the production of specific local projects to contribute to advocacy. At least one of the meetings during the academic year will be dedicated to conferencing with other affiliate institutions of the broader 4Humanities Collective. Every year, the chapter will also host one face-to-face colloquium with a keynote guest on humanities or digital humanities.

4Humanities@AU Convenor: Giovanna Summerfield (Italian and French, AU and Associate Dean for Educational Affairs in the College of Liberal Arts, AU)
Research Assistant & Graduate Student Coordinator: Melani Landerfelt

4Humanities@AU Meetings

FIRST MEETING 21 Jan 3:00 pm 310 Tichenor Hall

Digital Resources

CLA Careers Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZxSYYfo1YI

Contact: summegi@auburn.edu

Economy, politics and the “crisis in the humanities”

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March 22, 20144Humanities@McGillStéfan Sinclair

This is a guest post from Darin Barney, Canada Research Chair in Technology & Citizenship, Dept. of Art History & Communication Studies at McGill University. It is a slight variant of a talk given March 18th, 2014 as part of the McGill for Humanities Speaker Series. Last month, Premier Christy Clark of British Columbia made […]

First session of McGill For Humanities

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February 25, 20144Humanities@McGillStéfan Sinclair

This is a guest post by Jonathan Armoza. The first session of the McGill For Humanities Speakers happened on January 23rd at the Arts Council Room (Arts 160) in the Arts building. Professor Maggie Kilgour of the English department is leading these discussions. The format for the first three of four sessions is a set of speakers […]

McGill for Humanities

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January 17, 20144Humanities@McGillStéfan Sinclair

From mcgillforhumanities.com: In times of economic crisis like the present, it is easy to attack the Humanities as irrelevant. Today, students are under pressure to take courses that lead directly to instant jobs. And yet Humanities classes are still packed. Why? What does that tell us about what students, and indeed society, need? Join us for a […]

4Humanities Infographic in the Wild

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October 29, 2013Homepage, Humanities InfographicsStéfan Sinclair

This is a compilation of tweets from people who posted photos of the 4Humanities Infograpraphic in the wild. [View the story “4Humanities Infographic Photos” on Storify]

Multimedia Assets

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January 14, 2013For DevelopersStéfan Sinclair

https://4humanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Circle-4-humanities-AI-file-and-fonts.zip https://4humanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Circle-4-humanities.pdf https://4humanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Circle-4-humanities-bumper_final.pdf

Confronting the Criticisms: A Survey of Attacks on the Humanities

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October 9, 2012Advocacy Statements & Campaigns, Scholarship on the State of the HumanitiesStéfan Sinclair

The task of defending the relevancy of the humanities relies significantly upon succinctly and creatively responding to critiques made against them. This article attempts to summarize a fair number of view points critiquing the humanities, with the goal of providing a sort of partial overview of arguments that are appearing in the ongoing debate.