« A Humanities, Plain & Simple Post » Some understand the importance of education in the humanities, but do not see the significance of research. Let me put its importance in simple terms. Think of it this way — what if you, as an individual, had no memory? No record of your own history. What […]
Storifying #4Hum @ UCL: Showing the Arts and Humanities Matter
“Showing the Arts and Humanities Matter” was a one day symposium at University College London (UCL) on 18 September 2012. I did three Storify archives of the #4hum backchannel.
Brett Foster, Two Poems for the Humanities
« A Humanities, Plain & Simple Post » Artes Liberales “The miserable servitude of the spirit” is not exactly how one wants to hear it: that’s just plain rude. Yet Augustine, I suppose, knew a thing or two of everything one must do to grow out of requisite imbroglios, to grow out of your own […]
#libroelectrónico: Lo que nos dicen los tweets sobre el simposio
El segundo simposio internacional “El libro electrónico en español” se llevó a cabo en la ciudad de México del 11 al 14 de septiembre de 2012. Se transmitió en vivo por Internet y la discusión en Twitter tuvo lugar a través de las etiquetas (hashtags) #libroelectronico y #libroelectrónico.
#libroelectrónico: What Mexico’s eBook Symposium Backchannel Tells Us
The “Second International Symposium The eBook in Spanish”, took place in Mexico City 11-14 September 2012. It was live streamed and the backchannel was active with the #libroelectronico or #libroelectrónico hashtags.
Nestor’s Semester
By Oeendrila Lahiri The Union Minister for Education, Mr Kapil Sibal, has been pushing for the ‘semester system’ in India. Earlier, the Delhi University, like all other undergraduate universities in the country, had three annual exams to assess the progress of students under a structure divided into Part I, Part II, and Part III. After […]
Gregory F. Tague, “The Scientific Case for the Humanities”
« A Humanities, Plain & Simple Post » Some years ago, I planned and executed an event at St. Francis College (funded by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities) entitled: Humanities in Action. As part of the program (which included various speakers and presentations, […]