4Humanities Advocacy Projects

4Humanities and its local chapters are at work on a variety of projects to create advocacy for the humanities and also to develop innovative research and materials to help drive such advocacy. Current ongoing projects include:

* “Shout Out for the Humanities” Student Prize Contest

* Humanities, Plain & Simple Initiative

* Backpack Mini-Documentaries

* Humanities Infographics

* Arts & Humanities in the 21st Century Workplace

* Humanities Showcase

* WhatEvery1OneSays Research Project

Jesper Skytte Sodemann

Graduate Student 3rd Prize Winner: Jesper Skytte Sodemann — “Verbalized Humanities: Should I Stay or Should I Go?”

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Spotlight on Jesper Skytte Sodemann’s essay proposing “a new structure of educating and exercising humanities, dividing the humanities according to theoria, praxis and poiesis”!

3rd Prize Winner of “Shout Out for the Humanities” Contest: Jesper Skytte Sodemann
M. A. student in Comparative Literature, University of Southern Denmark, Odense. Contest Submission — “Verbalized Humanities: Should I stay or Should I Go?” (essay) (Go to full post)

The Year of the Humanities at University of Pittsburgh highlights humanistic thinking across the university and beyond

The University of Pittsburgh is in the midst of celebrating the Year of the Humanities in the University—an initiative designed to highlight the important role that humanistic thinking plays in research and education across the University and beyond. The Year, which was created and supported by Provost Patricia Beeson, has been guided by a committee of faculty members from across the University and supported by matching funds from the Office of the Provost. The amount of funds Provost Beeson has allocated to support the Year—beginning at $100,000 and growing to more than $300,000—has demonstrated a substantial level of institutional enthusiasm and support for the humanities at Pitt.