In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series—Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference—we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we will invite leading scholars across disciplines to explore themes...
Does Everyone Have to Choose Sides between Israel and the Palestinians? Is Civil Dialogue Possible? On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas launched a multi-pronged attack against Israel, killing more 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, and kidnapping about 240 to be taken hostage. One day later, Israel declared war on Hamas, leading to a military escalation that has...
Uncanny Atonement in Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference — we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans....
The international crisis over refugees has significantly worsened in the past decade. As of mid-2023, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees had tracked at least 110 million people in the world who have been forcibly displaced, an increase of 45 million people since 2015. But as refugees and asylum seekers in need of protection...
In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference — we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we invite leading scholars across disciplines...
In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference — we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we invite leading scholars across disciplines...
In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference — we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we invite leading scholars across disciplines...
More than 50 countries have already gone, or are set to go, to the polls to elect leaders in 2024, representing a large percentage of the world’s population – a fact made more daunting by the reality that, in some nations, democracy is on the line. The implications for human rights, international relations, and economics...
In a new Future of the Humanities Project event series — Cultural Encounters: Books that Have Made a Difference — we embrace the other at a time when we have heard much about the ways in which national, religious, and cultural lines divide us as humans. In this series, we invite leading scholars across disciplines...
“Get Brexit Done.” “Stop the Boats.” “Make America Great Again.” A long cry from a “Kinder, Gentler Nation” and “New Labour, New Britain,” these simple yet profound recent slogans have not only resonated with certain voters throughout the West; they have also become some of the most dominating political messages of the day. But while...