Artists and Writers Warn of an ‘Intolerant Climate.’ Reaction Is Swift. An open letter published by Harper’s, signed by luminaries including Margaret Atwood and Wynton Marsalis, argued for openness to “opposing views.” The debate began immediately. By Jennifer...
Humanidades en tiempo del Covid 19
What can the humanities offer in the Covid era? Scholars put the case for experts in philosophy, narrative, literature and culture to work along the scientists in fighting Covid-19 July 2, 2020 By Matthew Reisz With everybody focused on the immediate crisis, the need...
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SUBMIT PRESENTATION PROPOSAL FOR 2021 CONFERENCE REGISTER FOR 2021 CONFERENCE Conference Themes The Nineteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities features research addressing the following annual themes: THEME 1: CRITICAL CULTURAL STUDIES...
Ciencias y humanidades frente a las pandemias
Ciencias y humanidades frente a las pandemias "Como sucedió con la peste negra, las grandes catástrofes movilizan de manera intensa los recursos cognitivos de las sociedades. Hoy, además de la ciencia positiva y sus evidencias, la sociedad reclama interpretaciones...
El absurdo del neoliberalismo
"¿Qué lleva a erigir al neoliberalismo en causa y motor de la catástrofe que vivimos?". José Joaquín Brunner, 29 de mayo 2020 Atribuir la pandemia a una suerte de afinidad selectiva —una secreta asociación y resonancia— con la filosofía neoliberal y a esta los efectos...
Social Scientists on COVID-19
Social Scientists on COVID-19 What motivates people to wear masks, the effects of social isolation on children and the elderly, infection rates among the incarcerated. These are just some of the COVID-19 research topics social scientists are investigating right now....
Resiliencia como ideal educador
Domingo 24 de mayo de 2020 Resiliencia como ideal educador "Los tiempos que vienen, sujetos a varias crisis convergentes, requerirán un ideal educador diferente al que antes primó en muchas partes de Occidente. La resiliencia aparece como un intento por recuperar el...
¿Que leo en estos días? El Mercurio de Valparaíso
Michiko Kakutani: Nuevo York y la cultura de las humanidades
ESSAY: Coronavirus Notebook: Finding Solace, and Connection, in Classic Books By Michiko Kakutani, May 5, 2020 “The face of London was now indeed strangely altered,” Daniel Defoe wrote of an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1665 that would eventually claim the lives of...
Ciencias sociales en tiempos de la peste
GLOBAL A new approach to social sciences, humanities in a time of crisis Jess Auerbach and Nina Hall 07 May 2020 In the last month, the uncertainty and disruption that has impacted on the globe has been felt hard in academia, and the social sciences and humanities...
Pensamiento Educativo, Revista de Investigación Educacional Latinoamericana (PEL)
El Vol. 61 Núm. 3 de Pensamiento Educativo, Revista de Investigación Educacional Latinoamericana (PEL) reúne nueve...
Visión de Trump para la acreditación de universidades
Trump’s Vision for College Accreditation Could Shake Up the Sector By Eric Kelderman November 26, 2024 ...
Bill Gates entrevista
Bill Gates: the Optimist’s Dilemma The philanthropist has been fighting global disease for 25 years. He believes the...
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Thierry Coulhon: France’s mega-universities ‘had to happen’ Former Macron adviser, president of leading engineering...