In The New York Times Opinionator Blog for December 13, 2010, Stanley Fish, the well-known professor of humanities and law and public commentator, criticizes the cuts to higher education in the U.K. They are being sold on the idea of giving more “choice” to students, he says, but—not trusting student choice—they insure that the forced […]
“What can undergraduates do with digital media at a liberal arts college?”
Students at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges met in November 2010 for a two-day symposium titled “Re:Humanities”, billed as “of, by, and for undergraduates, featuring innovative digital research.” As Evan McGonagill (Bryn Mawr, 2010) said in introductory remarks, the conference was an attempt to show how the digital humanities could be deliberately applied to undergraduate […]
Humanities in Action Lab
Christine Henseler, a professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies at Union College in Schenectady, NY, who also has a background in advertising and book marketing, has started a project called The Humanities in Action Lab: The Lab focuses on reaching beyond and across disciplines to uncover and raise consciousness of how the Humanities are influencing, […]
Editing the Gallery
The galleries are powered by the ContentFlow Javascript library, with the addition of the slideshow and stack addons. On most pages the gallery will appear in a compact format at the top of the right column of widgets. Click on the “Showcase” link will bring the user to the main showcase page where a larger […]
Arts Against Cuts
Arts Against Cuts is an initiative in the U.K. to battle the budget cuts threatening the arts This blog is an umbrella space for students, artists and cultural workers to display and align their ideas and actions against the cuts. We are fighting back against the most significant governmental attack on the public sector in […]
DEFEND the ARTS and HUMANITIES
DEFEND the ARTS and HUMANITIES is another campaign started in the UK by Arts and Humanities academics. The campaign started as a Facebook group. They have developed a set of positions in answer to the question “Why Defend the Arts and Humanities?” The Arts and Humanities are useful The Arts and Humanities promote a just […]
Humanities and Social Sciences Matter | Campaign for the Humanities and Social Sciences in UK Universities
Humanities and Social Sciences Matter is a “campaign to promote and defend world-leading humanities and social science teaching and research in UK universities.” They are running a petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/humanitiesmatter/ and have posts summarizing and linking to ideas and events. We believe in Higher Education teaching that is informed by the highest quality research, that […]