Mighty congratulations Charlotte + @bwbnz.bsky.social 👏 arts.unimelb.edu.au/news/charlot... and a reminder that this was a @royalsocietynz.bsky.social Marsden funded project in Humanities! #HumanitiesMatter #history @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social
Charlotte Macdonald awarded the 2026 Ernest Scott Prize
Charlotte Macdonald awarded the 2026 Ernest Scott Prize
arts.unimelb.edu.au
May 13, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Mighty congratulations Charlotte + @bwbnz.bsky.social 👏 arts.unimelb.edu.au/news/charlot... and a reminder that this was a @royalsocietynz.bsky.social Marsden funded project in Humanities! #HumanitiesMatter #history @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social
Please check out this video by author Ann Patchett. Although she is promoting Tennessee humanities because she is in Nashville, this is something you can do for any of your state humanities departments.
Humanities matter.
Humanity matters.
#humanitiesmatter
#humanitymatters
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#BookSky
Humanities matter.
Humanity matters.
#humanitiesmatter
#humanitymatters
📚💙
#BookSky
🧵(1/4) This week, Ann is switching it up a bit. When we got word that funding for the humanities across the country had been cut, we knew it would have a huge impact on readers, writers, history lovers, students — everyone, really.
New to You: Ann Patchett recommends saving the humanities
YouTube video by Parnassus Books
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April 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Please check out this video by author Ann Patchett. Although she is promoting Tennessee humanities because she is in Nashville, this is something you can do for any of your state humanities departments.
Humanities matter.
Humanity matters.
#humanitiesmatter
#humanitymatters
📚💙
#BookSky
Humanities matter.
Humanity matters.
#humanitiesmatter
#humanitymatters
📚💙
#BookSky
The arts and humanities may not build bridges or code software, but they remind us why we cross those bridges or create in the first place. Meaning, emotion, and reflection aren’t luxuries—they’re what make us human. 💡📖 #HumanitiesMatter #ArtIsEssential
June 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The arts and humanities may not build bridges or code software, but they remind us why we cross those bridges or create in the first place. Meaning, emotion, and reflection aren’t luxuries—they’re what make us human. 💡📖 #HumanitiesMatter #ArtIsEssential
One for all the #historians #curators etc. The most popular subject globally is….history #humanitiesmatter. And if you don’t study it you will repeat it….
October 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
One for all the #historians #curators etc. The most popular subject globally is….history #humanitiesmatter. And if you don’t study it you will repeat it….
2/ Photo is mine: head of Lenin in Berlin museum. The statue was cut into 100 pieces, each buried separately. I understand why because I studied history. I continue to study German so I can continue to understand and value the world. We all need to understand the world, and #humanitiesmatter
April 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
2/ Photo is mine: head of Lenin in Berlin museum. The statue was cut into 100 pieces, each buried separately. I understand why because I studied history. I continue to study German so I can continue to understand and value the world. We all need to understand the world, and #humanitiesmatter
✨We are thrilled to share that the University of Ottawa’s department of Classics & Religious Studies and the Faculty of Arts of the University has officially LIFTED its temporary suspension of admissions to the Greek & Roman Studies program! 🙌
#SaveAncientStudies #humanitiesmatter
#SaveAncientStudies #humanitiesmatter
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
✨We are thrilled to share that the University of Ottawa’s department of Classics & Religious Studies and the Faculty of Arts of the University has officially LIFTED its temporary suspension of admissions to the Greek & Roman Studies program! 🙌
#SaveAncientStudies #humanitiesmatter
#SaveAncientStudies #humanitiesmatter
Great example of uni/community #Heritage collaboration (v proud to have played a tiny part.)
Think again Cardiff!
#HumanitiesMatter✊
Think again Cardiff!
#HumanitiesMatter✊
Wonderful feature by @ukri.org @ @caerheritage.bsky.social. The humanities MATTER! ✊️ @flintdibble.bsky.social @webstermedieval.bsky.social @llantwit.bsky.social @ltotelin.bsky.social @karenbrookfield.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social @prehistorian.bsky.social
www.ukri.org/who-we-are/h...
www.ukri.org/who-we-are/h...
Sustainable heritage: building community in Caerau and Ely, Wales
The CAER Heritage project, launched in 2011, revitalises Caerau Hillfort's 6,000-year history, enhancing community services and fostering pride and learning.
www.ukri.org
March 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Great example of uni/community #Heritage collaboration (v proud to have played a tiny part.)
Think again Cardiff!
#HumanitiesMatter✊
Think again Cardiff!
#HumanitiesMatter✊
Yesterday, 20,000 people gathered in The Hague to register their protest against the planned 1-billion-euro cuts to higher education in the #Netherlands. The crowd included a vocal contingent from Brill, toting our #HumanitiesMatter placards. #StopDeBezuinigingen
November 26, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Yesterday, 20,000 people gathered in The Hague to register their protest against the planned 1-billion-euro cuts to higher education in the #Netherlands. The crowd included a vocal contingent from Brill, toting our #HumanitiesMatter placards. #StopDeBezuinigingen
Fab Half Term @caerheritage.bsky.social ! ☀️ Family fun, cake 😋, archaeology, art & gardening 🎨 🏺 🌱 & Ready for another exciting week @ CAER Centre! Starting tomorrow with Careers Week 2025 events! ✏️ #HumanitiesMatter
@learncardiff.bsky.social @webstermedieval.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
@learncardiff.bsky.social @webstermedieval.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Fab Half Term @caerheritage.bsky.social ! ☀️ Family fun, cake 😋, archaeology, art & gardening 🎨 🏺 🌱 & Ready for another exciting week @ CAER Centre! Starting tomorrow with Careers Week 2025 events! ✏️ #HumanitiesMatter
@learncardiff.bsky.social @webstermedieval.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
@learncardiff.bsky.social @webstermedieval.bsky.social @flintdibble.bsky.social
A clarion call from new @universityofotago.bsky.social Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Humanities) Professor Hugh Campbell on the Humanities crisis and why more than ever we need the Humanities. #HumanitiesMatter
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July 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A clarion call from new @universityofotago.bsky.social Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Humanities) Professor Hugh Campbell on the Humanities crisis and why more than ever we need the Humanities. #HumanitiesMatter
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I wrote and sent my letter tonight. Have you? What are you waiting for? Tell Gettysburg College to support The Gettysburg Review. #stopthecuts #artisessential #humanitiesmatter
October 5, 2023 at 2:32 AM
I wrote and sent my letter tonight. Have you? What are you waiting for? Tell Gettysburg College to support The Gettysburg Review. #stopthecuts #artisessential #humanitiesmatter
Heading south for Ms 20’s University of Otago graduation and thinking about leaving here myself in 1994 for Sydney.
In other news Making History turns 10 in 2025 and this morning was approached by a publisher to be interviewed for a major new commission. #SeekingHistorian 💯 #HumanitiesMatter
In other news Making History turns 10 in 2025 and this morning was approached by a publisher to be interviewed for a major new commission. #SeekingHistorian 💯 #HumanitiesMatter
December 11, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Heading south for Ms 20’s University of Otago graduation and thinking about leaving here myself in 1994 for Sydney.
In other news Making History turns 10 in 2025 and this morning was approached by a publisher to be interviewed for a major new commission. #SeekingHistorian 💯 #HumanitiesMatter
In other news Making History turns 10 in 2025 and this morning was approached by a publisher to be interviewed for a major new commission. #SeekingHistorian 💯 #HumanitiesMatter
Have just read on Facebook that New Zealand has cut Humanities and Social Sciences research off from public funding. This short-sighted decision undermines critical thinking and cultural understanding. A warning to us all: this could happen elsewhere. #HumanitiesMatter #SaveTheHumanities
December 13, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Have just read on Facebook that New Zealand has cut Humanities and Social Sciences research off from public funding. This short-sighted decision undermines critical thinking and cultural understanding. A warning to us all: this could happen elsewhere. #HumanitiesMatter #SaveTheHumanities
Folks at Hampshire are trying to save the college by buying it:
www.instagram.com/p/DYDbRd-CB4...
cc @jeffsharlet.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DYDbRd-CB4...
cc @jeffsharlet.bsky.social
profjohntfriedman on Instagram: "If you believe in liberal arts education, now is a good moment to pay attention.They are trying to buy their own university! The id…"
If you believe in liberal arts education, now is a good moment to pay attention.They are trying to buy their own university! The idea is to raise enough money, then to offer a conditional gift that would pay off the debt and open a path to a community-led future for Hampshire College. Could this be the beginnings of a new university model? An institution led by its students, alumni and faculty? #HampshireNext #LiberalArts #HigherEducation #HumanitiesMatter #ReimagineUnivetsity
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May 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Folks at Hampshire are trying to save the college by buying it:
www.instagram.com/p/DYDbRd-CB4...
cc @jeffsharlet.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/p/DYDbRd-CB4...
cc @jeffsharlet.bsky.social
This sounds too much like what has happened at WVU.
#stopthecuts #WZUMistake #humanitiesmatter
#stopthecuts #WZUMistake #humanitiesmatter
Fewer adjuncts means they're converting those spots to tenure track lines, right? Right?
Tenured faculty raises alarm as Gettysburg eyes fewer adjuncts
The Pennsylvania liberal arts college recently made headlines for closing its literary journal. Professors say they now fear more cuts.
www.insidehighered.com
October 16, 2023 at 7:33 PM
This sounds too much like what has happened at WVU.
#stopthecuts #WZUMistake #humanitiesmatter
#stopthecuts #WZUMistake #humanitiesmatter
We are up to something. The ERC 4-Oceans project is meeting the full team in Portugal and discussing results and outputs.
#4oceans #oceanspast #oceanshistory #marenvhist #bluehumanities #humanitiesmatter
@poulholm.bsky.social, myself, J. Barrett & F. Ludlow will be coming back with more news.
#4oceans #oceanspast #oceanshistory #marenvhist #bluehumanities #humanitiesmatter
@poulholm.bsky.social, myself, J. Barrett & F. Ludlow will be coming back with more news.
October 30, 2024 at 11:41 AM
We are up to something. The ERC 4-Oceans project is meeting the full team in Portugal and discussing results and outputs.
#4oceans #oceanspast #oceanshistory #marenvhist #bluehumanities #humanitiesmatter
@poulholm.bsky.social, myself, J. Barrett & F. Ludlow will be coming back with more news.
#4oceans #oceanspast #oceanshistory #marenvhist #bluehumanities #humanitiesmatter
@poulholm.bsky.social, myself, J. Barrett & F. Ludlow will be coming back with more news.
There is a reason this book looks this way. I, future scientist, read it on repeat, not for love of fairies but for the ethical&moral lessons folklit conveys. My most-read books aren’t abt science but abt human foibles&consequences, which applied majors would do well to understand. #HumanitiesMatter
March 10, 2024 at 6:52 PM
There is a reason this book looks this way. I, future scientist, read it on repeat, not for love of fairies but for the ethical&moral lessons folklit conveys. My most-read books aren’t abt science but abt human foibles&consequences, which applied majors would do well to understand. #HumanitiesMatter
I had a fun conversation with colleagues in the Humanities, which helps me do some research for this blog. I have always enjoyed learning about history and am grateful for the many opportunities to do that in England. #SaveTheHumanities #HumanitiesMatter #FundTheHumanities
🏡 For most of history, privacy was rare—people worked, ate & shared beds together. Over time, design changes (private studies, separate rooms, locking trunks) influenced how and where we find subjective and objective solitude.
🔗 Read more in our latest blog post: buff.ly/MPUIGsa
#Solitude #Privacy
🔗 Read more in our latest blog post: buff.ly/MPUIGsa
#Solitude #Privacy
The Evolution of Private Spaces: How Homes Transformed to Allow for Solitude
Written by Thuy-vy NguyenOn 10 March, Solitude Lab will be meeting with the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. In preparation, we reflect on how home design has evolved over time to…
www.solitude-lab.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I had a fun conversation with colleagues in the Humanities, which helps me do some research for this blog. I have always enjoyed learning about history and am grateful for the many opportunities to do that in England. #SaveTheHumanities #HumanitiesMatter #FundTheHumanities
Our colleagues in the humanities know the value of #storytelling #HumanitiesMatter #ComSciCon #scicomm
November 18, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Our colleagues in the humanities know the value of #storytelling #HumanitiesMatter #ComSciCon #scicomm
#Guardian Editorial: "This is more than an institutional failure. It signals a cultural shift that risks leaving future generations without the critical, empathetic and intellectual tools provided by literature." "Instagram influencers can only get you so far." #LanguageMatters #HumanitiesMatter
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
The announcement that Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent is to stop offering English literature degrees has set several hares…
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:04 PM
#Guardian Editorial: "This is more than an institutional failure. It signals a cultural shift that risks leaving future generations without the critical, empathetic and intellectual tools provided by literature." "Instagram influencers can only get you so far." #LanguageMatters #HumanitiesMatter
UEA's outstanding arts and humanities have historically been an enormous strength, attracting students, building national & international prestige and reputation through high-impact teaching, mentoring, and scholarship. What is UEA leadership doing? #humanitiesmatter
I am appalled & devastated to learn that at the exceptional University of East Anglia, 31 out of 36 academic staff redundancies will be coming from arts & humanities - targeting the arts + humanities must end. What is the point of higher ed if we gut these critical areas?
June 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM
UEA's outstanding arts and humanities have historically been an enormous strength, attracting students, building national & international prestige and reputation through high-impact teaching, mentoring, and scholarship. What is UEA leadership doing? #humanitiesmatter
Teaching #Frankenstein this semester to eager first-years who are all "Unchecked ambition is really bad" and at the same time "I want to make tons of money and Elon is kind of cool." Am loving that Shelley's novel is still (always) so goddamn relevant #humanitiesmatter
February 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Teaching #Frankenstein this semester to eager first-years who are all "Unchecked ambition is really bad" and at the same time "I want to make tons of money and Elon is kind of cool." Am loving that Shelley's novel is still (always) so goddamn relevant #humanitiesmatter
Lovely and insightful discussion on contemporary Russian politics with @bbcstever.bsky.social here. And a lovely shout out to a great languages teacher at school too. #LanguagesForAll #HumanitiesMatter
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July 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Lovely and insightful discussion on contemporary Russian politics with @bbcstever.bsky.social here. And a lovely shout out to a great languages teacher at school too. #LanguagesForAll #HumanitiesMatter
Don’t Dis the HASS!
University of Otago Political Studies graduate Lizzie Gillett won a BAFTA 🎭 for the documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”. #SuperDegrees #HASS #HumanitiesMatter #SocialSciencesMatter
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
University of Otago Political Studies graduate Lizzie Gillett won a BAFTA 🎭 for the documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”. #SuperDegrees #HASS #HumanitiesMatter #SocialSciencesMatter
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve earns Kiwi producer BAFTA
"It's a really beautiful film about how families come together after trauma, how you can become closer to people when things happen that you would have otherwise thought would be devastating blows."
www.rnz.co.nz
February 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Don’t Dis the HASS!
University of Otago Political Studies graduate Lizzie Gillett won a BAFTA 🎭 for the documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”. #SuperDegrees #HASS #HumanitiesMatter #SocialSciencesMatter
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
University of Otago Political Studies graduate Lizzie Gillett won a BAFTA 🎭 for the documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”. #SuperDegrees #HASS #HumanitiesMatter #SocialSciencesMatter
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Forthcoming in May: NEW RAPE STUDIES—14 essays showing why the fight against sexual violence needs the humanities. Literary criticism, film, art, and more shape a new generation of feminist thought.
#ACLA2026 #LookItUP tinyurl.com/vymt5yus
#FeministTheory #HumanitiesMatter #MeToo #LiteraryStudies
#ACLA2026 #LookItUP tinyurl.com/vymt5yus
#FeministTheory #HumanitiesMatter #MeToo #LiteraryStudies
March 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Forthcoming in May: NEW RAPE STUDIES—14 essays showing why the fight against sexual violence needs the humanities. Literary criticism, film, art, and more shape a new generation of feminist thought.
#ACLA2026 #LookItUP tinyurl.com/vymt5yus
#FeministTheory #HumanitiesMatter #MeToo #LiteraryStudies
#ACLA2026 #LookItUP tinyurl.com/vymt5yus
#FeministTheory #HumanitiesMatter #MeToo #LiteraryStudies