Category: Humanities MomentsPage 1 of 8
Last November my grandmother was visiting and wanted to do something fun. Instead of fun, my mother dragged us to the traveling “Beyond Van Gogh” exhibit that was…
When I was in a dark place in my life, Otis Redding’s song, “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” helped me get through the hard times. –…
I am in the middle of reading Dune, and while Frank Herbert has some good takeaways and powerful quotes, I was most specifically struck by how far women…
For many years, I have challenged myself to advocate for global education and international studies across the world. I have read many books, travelled on my own, and…
My music education was primarily as a professional pianist. As part of this training, I went to the Dartington Hall international summer school in music to play in…
My most recent humanities moment would have to be a book I recently finished based on my brother’s recommendation. Named The White Tiger, the book was recently adapted into…
Hong Kong is a prosperous and fast-paced city. Last month, i went to Peng Chau, which is an outlying island, to get away from the stress of the…
“Nothing distinguished the gas chamber from an ordinary blockhouse,” writes Jean Cayrol in the screenplay for Alain Resnais’ iconic filmic meditation on the Shoah, Night and Fog (1956)….
On September 13, 2001, the royal orchestra played the American national anthem during the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. This was two days after the terrorist…
When I was 5 years old, my family and I gathered around the Christmas tree bright and early on Christmas morning. I was more than excited when I…
A few years ago I was riding in the car with my mom. She was listing to a book called The Day The World Came To Town. It’s…
From the moment I was born I was wrapped in the warmth of a blanket. The doctors and nurses took me, wrapped me up and placed me on…
One of my earliest childhood memories is of a sweet voice reading sweet words to me from a simple children’s book. The voice belonged to my grandmother and…
My “humanities moment” occurred during my undergraduate studies at what was/is essentially a trade school in Pakistan (with no GenEd courses and only one course on Art or…
In October 2019, I attended New America’s Neighborhood Stories: Looking Into the Past to Map the Future: A Humanities + Tech Approach. Attending this session, inspired me to…
I was a high school english teacher in a suburban high school, and I am currently teaching philosophy at a community college in New Jersey. At various moments…
Analytic and Creative Thinking: Conventional descriptions of the way teachers and students learn about Science and the Humanities are under-girded by the assumption that these disciplines are cognitively…
The advancement of civilization as it is often situated in the narrative of scientific inquiry is matched by the enlightened aims of the humanities; both are dedicated to…
Werner Heisenberg in his book “Physics and Philosophy” wrote: “It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking the most fruitful developments frequently take…
Several years ago, I was invited to teach a literary translation class at the college in my small town in Montana, something that was completely out of my…