Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) Carlos Peña: "Escribir era, pues, un acto político y no cabía más que responsabilizarse por él: el escritor estaba condenado a la responsabilidad y eludirla equivalía a querer saltar fuera de la propia sombra". Hay que retroceder al...
Vacaciones italianas en el origen de la Escuela de Frankfurt
FELLOW-TRAVELLERS The surprisingly sunny origins of the Frankfurt School. By Thomas Meaney November, 25 , 2024 One of the more reliable chemical reactions in European culture occurs when particles of German mental matter enter Italy. Suddenly, German writers discover...
La utilidad (sic) de las humanidades
The Hidden Utility of the Liberal Arts Why they often fail to make their case, and how they can. Bridging the 'Chasm' By Scott Carlson and Ned Laff January 21, 2025 What do you do with a major in French? Or philosophy, history, or English? This is the question...
Humanidades, ¿amenazadas en Holanda por reestructuración financiera?
Humanities cuts ‘harbinger’ of bleak future for Dutch sector Area studies and languages at risk at Leiden University, with academics foreseeing humanities ‘apocalypse’ Emily Dixon, October 31, 2024 The proposed closure of multiple undergraduate humanities programmes...
Peter Sloterdijk: “El ser humano contemporáneo solo se refugia del futuro con actitudes frívolas”
Peter Sloterdijk, filósofo: “El ser humano contemporáneo solo se refugia del futuro con actitudes frívolas” El gran pensador alemán sostiene que el futuro pinta sombrío. Vivimos como si no pasara nada pero, con el calentamiento global, todos tenemos la sensación de...
Uso de indicadores y rankings en la evaluación de la investigación académica
Stop using rankings to evaluate research, study recommends Wagdy Sawahel, 28 June 2024 A review of the literature on the use of university rankings in research evaluation and excellence initiatives points to an agreement that rankings should not be used in research...
EEUU: crisis de la educación superior y las artes liberales
Deep Reading Will Save Your Soul Real learning has become impossible in universities. DIY programs offer a better way. WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ, MAY 29, 2024 Universities are in crisis—losing public support, shaken by internal divisions, facing angry donors and alumni, and...
Doctorados en artes y humanidades
We need a debate about PhDs in the arts and humanities. Now. Christopher Smith 04 May 2024 For a qualification which is so steeped in the appearance of prestige, the doctorate is remarkably under-examined. It has changed relatively little in terms of output, form and...
Novelas de campus universitarios
Five of the best campus novels Donna Tartt’s cult tale of toxic friendship, John Williams’s anti-campus must-read and Zadie Smith’s superb third novel – here are the books that ace academia Kate McCusker Thu 15 Feb 2024 The beauty of the traditional campus novel is...
La prohibición de conocer como principio educativo
Teaching Ignorance in Florida Prohibitions on knowledge draw attention to what they prohibit. By Peter Brooks FEBRUARY 6, 2024 “Teaching Ignorance”: That’s the title of a famous essay by the literary critic Barbara Johnson, published in a 1982 issue of Yale French...
Dos tiempos y un reloj
Dos tiempos y un reloj Articulista Manuel Gil Antón. Foto: EL UNIVERSAL Manuel Gil...
Gasto en investigación de China
El gasto en investigación de China supera al de Estados Unidos pese a la vacilante economía Los analistas predicen que...
S. Schwartzman: El nuevo Sputnik
El nuevo Sputnik Por Simon Schwartzman, 11 de abril de 2025, 6:25 a. m. (Traducción automática de Google) (Publicado...
16 de abril: Inauguración Año Académico UGM 2025
La Universidad Gabriela Mistral invita a conectarse a la Inauguración del Año Académico 2025 con una Clase Magistral...