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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Maxwell Eller is majoring in classics and Arturo Padilla in religious studies for health professionals, both at the University of Arizona. “It helped my attention span in a world of YouTube and ...

Throughout high school, Jessica Lao ’23 was set on studying English. Her love of literature dates back to her childhood, when her mother would bring her books from the library: children’s versions of ...