Tag Archives: Humanities
The Cyber Agenda: Politics and the Power of the Internet
Lawrence K. Grossman and James Kinsella discuss and describe how new technologies such as the Internet, online magazines, and interactive cable systems are replacing our shared experience of the front page, nightly news on TV, and conventional magazines. Grossman and Kinsella … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Grossman, Lawrence, Kinsella, James
Tagged Art, Computers, Humanities, Internet, Journalism, Television
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Praising Provence
The south of France has inspired generations of writers, among them Peter Mayle, the author of best sellers such as A Year in Provence, A Dog’s Life, and his latest, Anything Considered. He was recently at the National Humanities Center … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Ferguson, Priscilla, Mayle, Peter
Tagged French, Humanities
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American Legend
Pete Seeger enjoys legendary status for millions of Americans. But he said in an interview with Soundings that, over the years, the motives for his music and his activism remained true to the local wellsprings of concern for children, care … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Honey, Michael, Seeger, Pete
Tagged Art, Environment, Humanities, Music
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Disciplines
To some critics in the mid-1990s, the humanities and social sciences were in eclipse in American education. Three prominent commentators–historian and former Williams College president Francis Oakley, anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes [at 12:30] of the University of California at Berkeley, and classicist W. Robert Connor … Continue reading
Posted in Connor, W. Robert (Bob), Episodes, Oakley, Francis, Scheper-Hughes, Nancy
Tagged Anthropology, Brazil, Higher education, Humanities, Social sciences, Social values, Values
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Black Workers Remember
“During his fellowship year at the National Humanities Center [1995-96], Michael Honey, the author of a prize-winning book on labor and civil rights in the American South, is at work on a new project — an oral history of black … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Honey, Michael
Tagged Civil Rights, History, Human Rights, Humanities
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Cityscapes
“In the most recent of its American Issues Forums, the National Humanities Center convened a group of commentators to reflect on the future of American cities. Wayne Pond talks with historian Garry Wills, New York Times Chief Cultural Critic Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Goldberger, Paul, Schmoke, Kurt, Willis, Gary
Tagged Humanities
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Making a Difference
Robert Connor provides an overview of the latest directions of scholarship in the humanities, including multiculturalism and the growth of civil societies worldwide. Richard Schramm talks about how secondary school reform is attempting to address the needs of teachers in … Continue reading
Posted in Connor, W. Robert (Bob), Episodes, Schramm, Richard
Tagged Humanities
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The Civil Society Part 1
A discussion of the idea of a civil society — the web of social, political, educational, religious, and artistic voluntarism that exists between the individual and the state — which was the topic of a recent international conference at the … Continue reading
Posted in Billington, James H., Episodes, Geremek, Bronislaw
Tagged Art, Humanities
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That’s What Friends Are For
Ronald Sharp discusses The Norton Book of Friendship, which he co-edited with Eudora Welty. Readings are by Zhang Zhilian of Peking University, Hortense Spillers of Emory University, David Smith of Williams College, Annabel Patterson of Duke University, and Robert Connor … Continue reading
Posted in Connor, W. Robert (Bob), Crockett-Smith, David L., Episodes, Mullikin, Kent, Patterson, Annabel M., Sharp, Ronald A., Smith, David L., Spillers, Hortense J., Zhang, Zhilian
Tagged Humanities
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Life in Class
Lynne Cheney discusses Tyrannical Machines, a report from the National Endowment for the Humanities to the Congress and the public about teaching and research in American education. Jane Tompkins discusses A Life in School, her study of undergraduate education in … Continue reading
Posted in Cheney, Lynne V., Episodes, Tompkins, Jane P.
Tagged Humanities
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