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 ...

In constantly changing political, economic and environmental circumstances, the world needs the humanities more than ever.

In any introductory-humanities course, there is an elephant-in-the-room question. I try to wait at least three weeks into the term before asking my students to face it squarely: Why study the ...

Readers respond to a guest essay by a philosophy professor about difficulties defending the humanities. To the Editor: Re “I Teach the Humanities. I Still Don’t Know What Their Value Is,” by Agnes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Incorporating humanities into medical education helps students become more empathetic physicians. The medical ...