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An Ode To STEM? What poets can teach academic scientists

The Hechinger Report

In many universities, humanities requirements exist in engineering schools and department, but are fairly modest. At Northwestern University, seven quarter-long courses in social science or humanities are required for engineers. As science educators, we have integrated literature and poetry into scientific training.

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Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History: Call for Fellows

Society for Classical Studies

If selected, fellows will give a public lecture on their work, participate in a workshop on their project, and run a seminar with graduate students relating to their work. Depending on the fellow’s wishes and interests, other events may be scheduled as well.

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Call for Fellowship Applications: Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History

Society for Classical Studies

If selected, fellows will give a public lecture on their work, participate in a workshop on their project, participate in a seminar with graduate students relating to their work, and record an episode for the Future of the Past Podcast. Fellowships will be distributed equally across the 2025-2026 academic year (i.e.,

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Speaking Truth to Israel Requires More Than Academic Freedom

Sapiens

In December 2023, I attended an online seminar featuring the anthropologist Ghassan Hage , a leading expert on race and migration. Human rights experts and activists have named the situation in Palestine “ scholasticide ” or “ educide ,” terms that refer to the systematic destruction of a people’s educational system.

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WWI and the 1920s: Interview with Jennifer Keene, Part 2.

Teaching American History

Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. When I use this document in seminars, teachers always want to talk about it. The narrator confides his certainty that in the end, his daughters will settle down and get married.