The ACLS has announced the inaugural competition of its Public Fellows program, which will place eight recent PhDs in staff positions in partnering government and non-profit agencies. The ACLS describes the purpose of the program as broadening conventional ideas about the Ph.D. career path: This program, made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. […]
France: Projects and campuses of excellence chosen
100 projects selected for funding under the French government’s “Labex” (Laboratories of Excellence) have been announced; the program is funded by a EUR35 billion (US$50 billion) growth fund announced by President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009 and is intended to create internationally competitive centers of higher education and research. Among the 100 Labex are 26 projects […]
Symposium on the Future of the Humanities
The Symposium on the Future of the Humanities was held on Tuesday, March 29 at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, which co-sponsored the event with the Council of Independent Colleges. Presenters emphasized the value of a traditional humanities education that highlights human experience, illuminates ambiguity and complex thought, and […]
Times Higher Education: Work of infinite value
The Times Higher Education has short essay by Ann Mroz on Work of infinite value. Mroz makes the case that, “Science alone cannot get to the heart of what makes us human, which is why the humanities and social sciences matter so much”.
Posters to Defend the Arts and Humanities
At the Defend the Arts and Humanities site they have a link to a collection of Electronic Posters of people to use. Great idea!
A Manifesto for the Arts and Humanities
The web site Defend the Arts and Humanities has published the first installment to A Manifesto for the Arts and Humanities: The Example of Candide. In this introduction he quotes from an article by James Vernon to explain the reason for the manifesto. Writing in the wake of the Browne Report, James Vernon made a […]
The Humanities We Are For
David Theo Goldberg and Wendy Brown organized a forum on “The University We Are For” at UC Berkeley in November, 2010. A version was also put on at UC Irvine (see the embedded video above.) James Clifford talked about the Greater Humanities at the Berkeley event concluding, I’m urging that we keep our eye on […]