Katherine Hart Weimer explains some of the basics of spatial humanities as a part of "Understanding and Using Spatial Humanities: Digital Mapping at the Forefront of Scholarly Research" on Saturday, ...

The roles and structures of libraries are changing as digital humanities research and projects increase. A panel of experts met at Midwinter to discuss the opportunities this growing field presents ...

The announcement last week that Elizabeth Fenn, associate professor and chair of the University of Colorado Boulder’s History Department, had been awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in History for her ...

Jennifer Ho, director of CU Boulder’s Center for Humanities & the Arts, discusses the state of arts and humanities in higher education as the center prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary, and she ...

Cape Cod, MA. Some readers may have noticed in the October 30 New York Times the article by Tamar Lewin on the decline of the Humanities as a field of study at colleges and universities, even large ...

The Center for the Humanities offers various programs year-round that engage students, faculty and the public in conversations about current events and culture. One core program, Humanities Without ...

This semester Loyola University Maryland, where I teach, sponsored a weekend symposium on “Democracy and the Humanities.” The occasion was the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of ...

Yenching Library is tucked away on a quiet corner of Divinity Street, far removed from Harvard Yard’s daily bustle. It’s not easy to find, which seems fitting for the evening’s theme—we’re here for a ...

Third-year medical student Helen Sun is helping her colleagues’ work get published. But in this effort, she’s not focused on getting scientific articles into journals. Instead, she and her classmates ...

Oregon Humanities magazine is inviting readers to share short essays (400 words maximum) on the topic of fear for its spring issue. Essays can be related to fears both rational and irrational.

The universe of higher education often bemoans a "crisis" in the humanities, with supposedly dwindling numbers and few job prospects. At Harvard, humanities concentrators face a crisis of choice, ...