Been writing about what’s happening to #universities for years:
But the process really seems to be picking up speed now:
https://gothamist.com/news/the-new-school-faces-identity-crisis-amid-planned-layoffs-reorganization
‘“They are trying to radically diminish the power and capacity of the #liberal arts divisions, both graduate and undergraduate,” said Rachel Sherman, sociology professor at The New School's Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts. “It does seem to be designed to minimize the power of the divisions that have historically been more politically motivated.”’
‘History professor Jeremy Varon, who is president of The New School’s AAUP chapter, called the cuts “an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry and Social Justice".'
#highered #politics #humanities #ArtsandHumanities #arts #SocialJustice
A new £1.1M @ahrcpress-funded project sets African-led agendas for film heritage restitution!
Starting Jan 2026 at @KingsCollegeLon, UNREST will unite scholars, archivists & filmmakers to address urgent issues of African cultural heritage & reparatory justice.
KDL is excited to contribute to this groundbreaking work!
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/unhousing-restitution-african-audiovisual-heritage-between-displacement-and-return-unrest
#AfricanCinema #FilmHeritage #Restitution #DecolonisingArchives #DigitalHumanities #ArtsAndHumanities
“How often have the greatest thoughts and ideas come to light during conversations with the family over the evening dinner?”
― E.A. Bucchianeri
#Bot #Quote #ArtsAndHumanities #Conversation #CreativePeople #Creativity #Dinner #Discovery #Discussions #Family #FamilyDinner #Food #Ideas #Inspiration #Inspirations #MealsMealtimes #SharingIdeas #SourcesOfInspiration #Thoughts #Wisdom #Writing
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Who do I know (ideally in the UK) who is working on making "open science" less about the science? Send me your heros in the open research in the arts and humanities please! 🎭 📖 🎨 ✨
If you're interested in Greek studies and theatre this might be interesting for you!
#Greek #Theatre #Antigone #VIU #Colloquium #ArtsandHumanities
https://socialbc.ca/@mediastudiesVIU/115232032886258392
A&H Colloquium is Live for its first Fall presentation! Eliza Gardiner from VIU’s Theatre Department “Theatre and Criminological Theory, an interdisciplinary study of Antigone” Starts at 10AM Pacific. (soon! :)) #viu #presentation #colloqium #theatre #criminology #antigone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq0RJIMrBEU More info on this and upcoming Colloquium presentations. https://ah.viu.ca/colloquium-series
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...the nakedly philistine anti-intellectualism of the ruling class in Trump's USA:
#USPolitics #HigherEducation #Indiana #Universities #ArtsAndHumanities #LiberalEducation
Black poet and VIU Faculty member Sonnet L’abbé gives her introduction of Paul's “literal song and dance... to listen deeply and then the words and text follow”
#Canaan #Remix #Media #ArtsandHumanities #BlackPoetry #Canada #Poetry #Music #BlackMastodon