Scholars urge decolonising tech in Africa to support authentic knowledge production. Learn how digital humanities can reshape Africa's intellectual future.

Across disciplines, alumni point to critical thinking, ethical reasoning, adaptability, and empathy as core strengths developed through humanities coursework. From law and medicine to climate ...

The notion that "the humanities are useless" is not new, but it has gained renewed poignancy in today's artificial intelligence-driven world. As a journalist observing trends in education, I've ...

Building on the University of Chicago’s longstanding leadership in the arts and humanities, the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society has received a grant from The John D. and Catherine T.

The National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) has announced a new round of grants—$75.1m to 84 projects, many of them celebrating the US’s semiquincentennial. These are the first grants since the ...

As a humanities professor myself, the biggest danger I see to the discipline is the growing perception, fueled by the ubiquity of large language models, that knowledge is cheap—a resource whose ...

In the spring semester, Introduction to Digital Humanities (WLLC 30603-002 / WLLC 5750V-004) will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 3:15 p.m. This course will be taught by Maria Teodora ...

W hat can sociology tell us about the humanities? Sociological understanding of the humanities began in a field first called the “sociology of knowledge” (in German, Wissenssoziologie), which emerged ...

I spent a day with more than 100 students, faculty and staff at Coastal Carolina University. As I left campus, I felt something you don’t see much in business headlines: optimism. And it came from a ...

Leela Prasad is a professor of religious studies at Brown University and president of the American Academy of Religion. Almost every week, as president of the American Academy of Religion, I receive ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The White House fired many members of the National Council on the Humanities on Wednesday, with the council's website showing that only four appointees of President ...

The White House dismissed the majority of members on the National Council on the Humanities on Wednesday. Just four of the 26 members remain on the council’s website: Russell Berman, Keegan Callanan, ...