F or the past few years, I’ve taught an environmental-humanities course called “Witnessing Climate Change.” I’m a literary scholar and writer, so it’s mostly a writing course, but it also introduces ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The humanities study the things humans make. That definition is better—more accurate and more ...

In part three of a series of articles that looks at the humanities at Bowdoin today, we examine the evidence supporting the idea that studying the humanities helps Bowdoin graduates find jobs—and ...

For decades now, a prevailing narrative in higher ed has been that humanities departments are withering away as incoming college students prioritize what are said to be more “career-related” majors in ...

The death of the humanities. The undying "well, what are you planning on doing with that?" This perceived ‘death’ has plagued students in these fields for as long as they decided that math, science ...