Voices For the Humanities

4Humanities is a platform for people from different parts of society and the world to give voice to the enduring and contemporary importance of the humanities. Why study and creative expression in such areas as literature, history, languages, philosophy, classics, art history, cultural studies, and others (see “What Are the Humanities?”) so valuable to individuals and societies? The voices gathered here say why.

* 4Humanities seeks out both original and reposted statements about the humanities from people in business, the sciences, entertainment, universities, high schools, and other sectors. We also report on significant developments and initiatives related to the humanities.

* Listen to the voices in our sections on “Advocacy Statements & Campaigns,” “The Changing Humanities,” “Student Voices,” and “International Correspondents.”

* Also listen to the voices gathered in our special projects “Humanities, Plain & Simple” and “Backpack Mini-documentaries.”

For those wishing to consult resources in framing their own statement for the humanities, 4Humanities offers a “Guide to Issues in Humanities Advocacy” and its “The Humanities Matter!” infographic.

Infographics Friday: Impact of Major on Career Path

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Humanities Infographics

Today’s visualization comes from Satyan Devadoss, a Mathematics professor at Williams College, and his students Hayley Brooks and Kaison Tanabe. Using the CIRCOS visualization software, they mapped the major(s) and resulting career choice for 15,600 Williams alums. The result is an interesting – and visually pleasing – look at how students’ majors impact their career […]

amber’12: Interview with Ekmel Ertan, Director of amberPlatform in Istanbul

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Digital Humanities to Advance the Humanities, International Correspondents

By Eva Kekou, 4Humanities International Correspondent As a 4Humanities international correspondent based in continental Europe I think it is very productive to link the world of digital humanitie with interesting works of media art by both institutions and artists based in different places overseas and in Europe who all strive for art, expression and the […]

The City as a Place of Economic and Social Struggle and Contradiction: Current Public Art Projects in Athens

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International Correspondents

By Eva Kekou, 4Humanities International Correspondent We all know from listening to the news about the urgent situation in Greece. We know the unemployment numbers and we see people protesting, complaining and being destructive in an attempt to show their anger and fear. People outside Greece, however, still don’t really know how everyday people, including […]

Why Science Communication Needs the Humanities

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Advocacy Statements & Campaigns, The Changing Humanities

Reflecting on the May 2012 National Academy of Science’s Sackler Colloquium, entitled “The Science of Science Communication,” Assistant Professor of Writing Michael Svoboda argues in a post for the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media that the humanities have an important role to play in communicating climate science. This role, which Svoboda emphasizes […]

Webinar: Jeffrey Toney and Corina Hernandez, “Public Investment in Higher Education: Ushering Our Campuses Into the 21st Century” (Nov. 12, 2012)

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Advocacy Statements & Campaigns

The Kean University Faculty Seminar on “The Global Crisis and Promise of Higher Education” (organized in partnership with 4Humanities) will run its next Webinar of the year on November 12, 2012, featuring Dr. Jeffrey Toney and Corina Hernandez on “Public Investment in Higher Education: Ushering Our Campuses Into the 21st Century.” Jeffrey Toney is Vice […]