For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it.

While there is a long history of doctor-poets – one giant of mid-20th-century poetry, William Carlos Williams, was famously also a pediatrician – few people seem to know this or understand the power ...

G.K. Chesterton, the great British writer and Catholic convert of the early 20th century, recognized this in an almost ...

In 2015, we’re still reaching many milestones in Black History. The latest comes from Columbia University addingToni Morrison to its updated Literature Humanities Syllabus, making her the first black ...

When Katrina Dzyak, a postdoctoral Core Curriculum lecturer, teaches Homer’s “The Iliad” in her Literature Humanities class, she resists centering discussion around male glory and honor. Instead, she ...

The arrival of Allison Curseen and Jonathan Howard to the Boston College faculty this academic year reflects the University’s commitment to strengthening its African American literature teaching and ...

It’s not the typical classroom situation, but then, these are not typical students. Their life journeys have taken them not to colleges and universities, but to one of the 34 facilities within ...

The relevance of the humanities in today’s market-driven, consumerist world often feels like a topic for niche conversations at academic conferences and boardroom meetings—hardly a pressing concern in ...

It has been said that computation will mark the end of humanistic inquiry. Actual literary research in this vein suggests otherwise. For some years, humanities scholars have sought to integrate ...

The new season of distinguished speakers kicks off February 3 Boston College's celebrated Lowell Humanities Series kicks off a new season of virtual events on February 3. All begin at 7 p.m., and will ...

Doctors, nurses and other health care workers are tapping into their inner Tolstoys to better connect with patients. With increasing regularity, they're meeting in monthly book clubs to discuss ...