Advocacy Statements & Campaigns

Advocacy statements, examples of the importance of the humanities, and news about the past, present, and future of the humanities: 4Humanities provides a platform for endorsing the importance of research, teaching, innovation, and creative renewal in the history, language, literature, philosophy, the study of cultures, and other areas that help society focus on human values and needs.

See also the other materials gathered in our “Voices For the Humanities” section.

Greg Crane: Rethinking the Humanities and advancing civilization in a violent world

Greg Crane has written a short essay “Rethinking the Humanities and advancing civilization in a violent world” on the The Stoa Consortium blog. In it he argues that the humanities can help us understand the differences between “cultures that drive economic and political systems” on which we depend. It is the humanities that can help […]

Advocacy

Wise, creative, eloquent, tragic, playful, public, personal, and other expressions of the value of research, teaching, and creativity in the humanities. This page (and its subpages) will be a showcase of various ways of advocating the humanities, including writings, multimedia content, creative works, statements from leaders of society, and personal testimonies from individuals.

4Humanities Launches

4Humanities is a site created by the international community of digital humanities scholars and educators to assist in advocacy for the humanities. 4Humanities is both a platform and a resource.   As a platform, 4Humanities will stage the efforts of humanities advocates to reach out to the public.  We are a combination newspaper, magazine, channel, blog, […]