
UC Davis Humanities Institute
Carolyn de la Pena on the importance of the Humanities.
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Ever had to defend your major in the humanities? Here are some good reasons stated by Carolyn de la Pena, head of the UC Davis Humanities Institute. (2009 NewsWatch video)
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Check out the DHI blog!
http://povatdhi.wordpress.com/2009/11/18 /the-humanities-and-the-crisis-of-everyt hing/
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Those who were at Andrew Delbanco’s talk on the ‘crisis in the humanities’ may recall him modeling a classroom exercise in which the ‘big questions’ about life, death and moral responsibility were addressed by way of a passage in Herman Melville’s novel White Jacket. ...

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Read the next installment of the DHI blog!
http://povatdhi.wordpress.com/2009/10/30 /where-is-pleasure-in-the-humanities-cri sis/
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Professor de la Peña has asked me to expand on a question I posed for Andrew Delbanco at the October 22 Public Intellectuals Forum, about the challenges posed in recent years to the term “humanities” and ...

UC Davis Humanities Institute Check out the Public Intellectuals Forum tongiht! 5:30 at Bistro 33. http://publicforum.ucdavis.edu/
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UC Davis Humanities & Social Science Lecture Series - Public Intellectuals Forum

UC Davis Humanities Institute The next installment of the Public Intellectuals Forum: Leo Chavez on "The Latino Threat Narrative". November 12 at 5:30 p.m.

UC Davis Humanities Institute The DHI is hosting two talks on engaged scholarship in the humanities--open to all.

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Check out the PIF tonight at 5:30 p.m.
http://publicforum.ucdavis.edu/delbanco. html
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UC Davis Humanities & Social Science Lecture Series - Public Intellectuals Forum

UC Davis Humanities Institute
Tomorrow night! Public Intellectuals Forum: A talk by Andrew Delbanco.
http://publicforum.ucdavis.edu/delbanco. html
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UC Davis Humanities & Social Science Lecture Series - Public Intellectuals Forum

UC Davis Humanities Institute
Public Intellectuals Forum: This Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Check it out!
http://publicforum.ucdavis.edu/delbanco. html
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UC Davis Humanities & Social Science Lecture Series - Public Intellectuals Forum

UC Davis Humanities Institute
"Why are the humanities always in crisis?"
The first part of the Public Intellectuals Forum is Thursday October 22, 2009 at 5:30 pm.
A talk by Andrew Delbanco.
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UC Davis Humanities & Social Science Lecture Series - Public Intellectuals Forum

UC Davis Humanities Institute
October 22 at 5:30 pm : Andrew Delbanco, "Enough Already: Why Are the Humanities Always in Crisis?" http://publicforum.ucdavis.edu/delbanco. html

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Check out the new DHI blog! http://povatdhi.wordpress.com/2009/10/06 /the-romance-of-pure-research/
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“Time to cut the public funding of this circus. And all the ‘research’ supposedly provided by these academicians, where and what is it?” [Reader comment, Sacramento Bee, September 23, 2009]















