We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
Ukrainian History Global Initiative
The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction
snyder.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 AM
I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.
Signed,
a physicist
History is part of Humanities, and they do not want people studying or researching Humanities.
March 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
History is part of Humanities, and they do not want people studying or researching Humanities.
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
A computer engineer with no contextual knowledge of history is why the humanities is so important
January 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A computer engineer with no contextual knowledge of history is why the humanities is so important
This is what happens when the humanities atrophy and people get their history from 300
February 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This is what happens when the humanities atrophy and people get their history from 300
History majors have lower unemployment than computer science majors.
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
September 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
History majors have lower unemployment than computer science majors.
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
This is why we teach the humanities, specifically history. For the culture.
September 27, 2026 at 2:42 AM
This is why we teach the humanities, specifically history. For the culture.
However because the humanities are largely done in plain language - a cutting edge work of history is entirely legible to a non-historian reader, even if they may not fully understand it - we've been dealing with the practitioners of 'vibe humanities' (in my case, 'vibe history') for a long time. 5/
July 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
However because the humanities are largely done in plain language - a cutting edge work of history is entirely legible to a non-historian reader, even if they may not fully understand it - we've been dealing with the practitioners of 'vibe humanities' (in my case, 'vibe history') for a long time. 5/
We could teach more of all the kinds of history if we weren’t systematically defunding the humanities and the public universities
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We could teach more of all the kinds of history if we weren’t systematically defunding the humanities and the public universities
It's so weird to see guys rail against the humanities if you know anything about higher ed. Like--you won. The humanities are gutted. All the colleges belong to you.
And still it's not enough. History *classes* must be demonized. Fash-ass brain.
And still it's not enough. History *classes* must be demonized. Fash-ass brain.
the thing is, I went back to grad school to get an MPH when I realized I needed the training, and its always stood me in good stead in my work as a historian and interdisciplinary scholar, so I find this question of "would a history student ever study engineering" really unproductive
September 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM
It's so weird to see guys rail against the humanities if you know anything about higher ed. Like--you won. The humanities are gutted. All the colleges belong to you.
And still it's not enough. History *classes* must be demonized. Fash-ass brain.
And still it's not enough. History *classes* must be demonized. Fash-ass brain.
You're going to be needing specialists in: languages, narrative, history, psychology, information, mythology, conspiracies, etc, etc. then?
#humanities
#socialscience
#humanities
#socialscience
New UK agency will tackle ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham says
New UK agency will tackle ‘information warfare’ from likes of Russia, Burnham says
PM aims to ‘stem poisonous tide’ of disinformation and deepfakes with National Centre for Information Defence
Security chiefs will set up a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as Russia, Andy Burnham has announced, saying the government had a duty to “stem the poisonous tide” from damaging British interests.
The National Centre for Information Defence will “detect, attribute and disrupt” information attacks by foreign powers, many of which are enabled by AI, bringing together the intelligence agencies, law enforcement and social media companies. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 7:15 AM
You're going to be needing specialists in: languages, narrative, history, psychology, information, mythology, conspiracies, etc, etc. then?
#humanities
#socialscience
#humanities
#socialscience
I for one am tired of Humanities academics pushing their elitist agenda of basic literacy, independent thinking and an elementary knowledge of human history
June 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I for one am tired of Humanities academics pushing their elitist agenda of basic literacy, independent thinking and an elementary knowledge of human history
ABC News: Elon Musk’s DOGE “blatantly used” race, gender and other protected characteristics to execute the largest mass termination of federal grants in the history of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. abcnews.com/Politics/jud...
May 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
ABC News: Elon Musk’s DOGE “blatantly used” race, gender and other protected characteristics to execute the largest mass termination of federal grants in the history of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. abcnews.com/Politics/jud...
From next week our X account will close and be archived. We will be solely on BlueSky where we will continue to promote #history, historical practice and the humanities. Please do join us #Skystorians
From 21 February @royalhistsoc.bsky.social will be closing and archiving its X account.
From this date all updates from the Society - and its promotion of work by fellow organisations for #history and the humanities - will be via BlueSky.
Please encourage colleagues to join us here #skystorians
From this date all updates from the Society - and its promotion of work by fellow organisations for #history and the humanities - will be via BlueSky.
Please encourage colleagues to join us here #skystorians
February 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
From next week our X account will close and be archived. We will be solely on BlueSky where we will continue to promote #history, historical practice and the humanities. Please do join us #Skystorians
Of course science, history, and humanities are off the table. Why would you want someone to be intelligent and well rounded?
February 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Of course science, history, and humanities are off the table. Why would you want someone to be intelligent and well rounded?
"is AGP a third sex, the greatest thread in the history of the humanities--"
"okay but my culture has a respected third sex who doesn't think of themselves as women, here's one to prove it"
*person from said culture*
"I'm a repper manmoder rapehon and I understand why women despise me"
*person from said culture*
"I'm a repper manmoder rapehon and I understand why women despise me"
May 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"is AGP a third sex, the greatest thread in the history of the humanities--"
Yes! Humanities majors get jobs!
Which is quite separate from humanities *departments* getting funding. We're under-funded for ideological reasons, alongside mistaken cultural assumptions about employability.
But our majors get jobs! At a high rate! History is a *good* major, so is Classics!
Which is quite separate from humanities *departments* getting funding. We're under-funded for ideological reasons, alongside mistaken cultural assumptions about employability.
But our majors get jobs! At a high rate! History is a *good* major, so is Classics!
August 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Yes! Humanities majors get jobs!
Which is quite separate from humanities *departments* getting funding. We're under-funded for ideological reasons, alongside mistaken cultural assumptions about employability.
But our majors get jobs! At a high rate! History is a *good* major, so is Classics!
Which is quite separate from humanities *departments* getting funding. We're under-funded for ideological reasons, alongside mistaken cultural assumptions about employability.
But our majors get jobs! At a high rate! History is a *good* major, so is Classics!
People do not seem to think that understanding history deeply helps with understanding present problems, and it’s fascinating to see how the erosion of the humanities has contributed to this.
October 28, 2023 at 4:10 PM
People do not seem to think that understanding history deeply helps with understanding present problems, and it’s fascinating to see how the erosion of the humanities has contributed to this.
Courses covering epistemology, ethics, history and philosophy of science, the history of the university (it all began with, checks notes, what we call today humanities), and lots of other cool humanities offerings would clear up a lot. We’re on the same team, join us!
August 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Courses covering epistemology, ethics, history and philosophy of science, the history of the university (it all began with, checks notes, what we call today humanities), and lots of other cool humanities offerings would clear up a lot. We’re on the same team, join us!
What does a university have that Google cannot offer its workers? Art History departments, Classics departments, History departments, Music Theory, etc. The humanities are what distinguishes universities in an AI economy. Universities defunding the humanities are digging their own graves.
May 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
What does a university have that Google cannot offer its workers? Art History departments, Classics departments, History departments, Music Theory, etc. The humanities are what distinguishes universities in an AI economy. Universities defunding the humanities are digging their own graves.
Humanities are the antidote to the empire’s greatest weapon: ignorance. They expose how history is weaponized to justify conquest, and how culture is polished to erase resistance. When you attack the humanities, you attack the very tools people use to unlearn oppression.
September 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Humanities are the antidote to the empire’s greatest weapon: ignorance. They expose how history is weaponized to justify conquest, and how culture is polished to erase resistance. When you attack the humanities, you attack the very tools people use to unlearn oppression.
We are barraged with constant cultural messaging from politicians, administrators, media about how useless history and humanities degrees are, how we should all be studying STEM or business. Then students do not study humanities or history, which is taken as confirmation of the initial premise.
History was the most popular major at Princeton just 25 years ago, but it's fallen hard -- from a high of 11.8% to just 3.8%.
In totally unrelated news, I have been on the Princeton History faculty for those same 25 years.
www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2024...
In totally unrelated news, I have been on the Princeton History faculty for those same 25 years.
www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2024...
November 12, 2024 at 4:25 PM
We are barraged with constant cultural messaging from politicians, administrators, media about how useless history and humanities degrees are, how we should all be studying STEM or business. Then students do not study humanities or history, which is taken as confirmation of the initial premise.
The Mill on a Radiant Summer Day
#Art #Painting #CGoilpainting #Impressionism #Symbolism #Landscape #Nature&Humanities #History #Forest #River #Mill
#Art #Painting #CGoilpainting #Impressionism #Symbolism #Landscape #Nature&Humanities #History #Forest #River #Mill
August 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Mill on a Radiant Summer Day
#Art #Painting #CGoilpainting #Impressionism #Symbolism #Landscape #Nature&Humanities #History #Forest #River #Mill
#Art #Painting #CGoilpainting #Impressionism #Symbolism #Landscape #Nature&Humanities #History #Forest #River #Mill
and it is essentially garbage because it is people with technical educations and no humanities educations trying to do history
December 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
and it is essentially garbage because it is people with technical educations and no humanities educations trying to do history