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.

The Hybrid Humanities in an Age of Public Scholarship

Posted by LindsayThomas

Advocacy Statements & Campaigns

By Christine Henseler Note: This post originally appeared in The Huffington Post Funding shortfalls and jabs from elected officials aside, what a time to be a humanities scholar. Increased availability and access to material, big data collections, and new tools and technologies provide opportunities for everyone to connect. And these connections move us beyond the divisions […]

The Time and Space of the City: Interview with Bill Psarras

Posted by LindsayThomas

International Correspondents

  Bill Psarras (1985, Greece) is an artist and musician based in London. After completing his BA and MA in audiovisual arts (Greece) and digital arts (UK), he is now a PhD candidate (Goldsmiths University of London), conducting practice-based research on the exploration of emotional geographies of the city through artistic walking and embodied media […]

StuHum: Student Advocates for the Future of the Humanities

Posted by LindsayThomas

Advocacy Statements & Campaigns, Student Voices

StuHum, or Student Advocates for the Future of the Humanities, is a new humanities advocacy group for students, by students. StuHum believes that the answer to the question of whether the humanities will have a place in the standard higher education curriculum of the 21st century lies in the hands of current students. StuHum’s mission is to ensure […]

What It Means to Invest in the Humanities

Posted by LindsayThomas

Advocacy Statements & Campaigns

On January 27th, 2014, TORCH (the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities) hosted an event titled “What It Means to Invest in the Humanities.” The discussion brought together leading scholars from the arts, sciences and beyond to consider the role of the humanities in addressing contemporary challenges. Introduced by Andrew Hamilton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of […]

Kickstarter Campaign for The Humanities Bus Tour Has Started

Posted by Alan Liu

Advocacy Statements & Campaigns

Get on the Humanities Bus! The Kickstarter campaign to fund the Humanities Bus tour and Webseries began on February 4, 2014. Who: DHMakerBus (Kim Martin, Ryan Hunt, Beth Compton) and Alex Gil, together with the 4Humanities Collective. What: A KickStarter Campaign titled “The Humanities Matter”. The goal is to raise $15 000 (or more!) towards […]

The New Union: A new forum for supporting the arts & humanities

Posted by LindsayThomas

Advocacy Statements & Campaigns, The Changing Humanities

The New Union is a project designed to articulate, discuss, and defend the value of the arts and humanities in their creative and educative elements, by stressing the ways in which they seek to challenge, undermine, critique, satirise, deconstruct, and interrogate the established political order and dominant assumptions of value. Unlike academic journals, we provide […]