A Special Issue of writings from and inspired by: Arendt, Attridge, Barnett, Bhabha, Clarke, Deegan, Derrida, Evans, Heaney, Kanter, Mandela, Moltow, Ndebele, Nussbaum, Stimpson, Strathern, Tagore, New Voices and Editors. *How do we defend the Humanities? *How do we stave
The Humanities without condition AHHE article by Derek Attridge
The Humanities without condition: Derrida and the singular oeuvre by Derek Attridge In an important lecture on the function of the Humanities, ‘The University without Condition’, Jacques Derrida asks what it means to ‘profess’ the truth and advocates a commitment
Tuning History Special Issue
http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ahha/16/4 The Tuning educational project for history has its supporters and its detractors. This overview of the articles contained in this special issue of the journal reflects on some of the complexities of implementing such an ambitious
Critical Creativity: a symposium for Timothy Mathews
Critical Creativity: a symposium for Timothy Mathews Friday 22nd Sept. Organised by UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society Why does engagement with art matter? As Timothy Mathews retires from his long career as Professor of Comparative Criticism in the French
Conf. Programme English: Shared Futures Wed 5th-Fri 7th July Newcastle, UK
THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, LANGUAGE AND CREATIVE WRITING IS AN IMPORTANT AND DYNAMIC ENTERPRISE. We will celebrate the discipline’s intellectual strength, diversity and creativity and explore its futures in the nations of the UK and across the world. Wednesday
Hubris: an ancient concept for a modern age?
Shaoni Bhattacharya What did four of the last five British Prime Ministers have in spades? So offensive a vice (or quality) that it was a crime in ancient Athens, that even children, slaves and women – who had no rights
What are they thinking?
(Photo credit: Isaac James Creative. AAMC Foundation) An email has this banner image across the top. What are you likely to think? If you are me, you recognize “my world.” A lecture hall, filled with name-tagged, slightly bored people. What
AHHE journal Special Issue: Tuning History
ENGLISH SHARED FUTURES CONF.NEWCASTLE 5TH-7TH JULY
‘THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, LANGUAGE AND CREATIVE WRITING IS AN IMPORTANT AND DYNAMIC ENTERPRISE. We will celebrate the discipline’s intellectual strength, diversity and creativity and explore its futures in the nations of the UK and across the world.’ Wednesday
The Future of Aural Skills in Universities and Conservatoires
by Paul Fleet, AHHE Associate Editor for Music Hello again. My first blog highlighted particular upcoming music conferences, and in keeping with this I wanted to report to you my thoughts from a recent Aural Skills Pedagogy Symposium that was