Tag Archives: Humanities

Pasts and Presents

Posted on April 14, 1991 by Steve Weiss

Nicolás Kanellos and Francisco Lomeli discuss the Hispanic literary heritage of the United States, including works of the Spanish people of Mexico and the Caribbean, Native Americans, and people of the American Southwest. They offer Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá’s Historia … Continue reading →

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School Days; Commentary on The Student as Hero

Posted on December 9, 1990 by Steve Weiss

Joann Broadbooks, Gloria Harrell, and Barbara Ramusack participated in the National Humanities Center’s 1990 summer institutes for secondary teachers of history and literature, directed by Richard Schramm.; Robert Gingher offers commentary on The Student as Hero. 532 – School Days; … Continue reading →

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Chaos and Culture

Posted on September 16, 1990 by Steve Weiss

Richard Haglund recently organized a faculty seminar at the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities at Vanderbilt University entitled Freedom, Determination, and Chaos. Martin Meisel is working on a new book entitled The Imagination of Chaos in Western Literature … Continue reading →

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50 Hours

Posted on March 25, 1990 by Steve Weiss

Lynne V. Cheney discusses 50 Hours: A Core Curriculum for College Students, published by the National Endowment for the Humanities in the fall of 1989. 495 – 50 Hours

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Cultural Margins

Posted on January 7, 1990 by Steve Weiss

Jonathan Dollimore discusses his study of Sexuality, Transgression, and Sub-cultures, a project he worked on during a recent fellowship year at the National Humanities Center. 484 – Cultural Margins

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One Culture

Posted on November 5, 1989 by Steve Weiss

Henry Petroski discusses his most recent book The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance, scheduled for publication by Alfred Knopf in January, 1990. Michael White discusses the languages of specialized inquiry in the sciences and the humanities. 475 – … Continue reading →

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Politics and Posterity

Posted on July 2, 1989 by Steve Weiss

Franklin Ford and William Leuchtenburg discuss the John M. Olin Seminar in Political History, which they coordinated at the National Humanities Center. Cynthia Herrup and Mark Kishlansky discuss the history and historiography of the English Revolution in the 17th-century. 457 … Continue reading →

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Humanities in America

Posted on May 14, 1989 by Steve Weiss

Lynne V. Cheney discusses her report to the Congress and the nation, ?Humanities in America,? which was published by the Endowment in the fall of 1988. 450 – Humanities in America

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Rhetoric and Ideology

Posted on April 30, 1989 by Steve Weiss

During a recent fellowship year at the National Humanities Center, Daniel Gunn worked on a study entitled Ideological Rhetoric in the English Novel, 1748-1910. 448 – Rhetoric and Ideology

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The Good Life

Posted on April 23, 1989 by Steve Weiss

During a fellowship year at the National Humanities Center, Marcia Homiak is at work on a study of Aristotelian ethics. 447 – The Good Life

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