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So You Want to Get a Ph.D. in the Humanities?

There’s an animated video making the rounds. Posted only one week ago, it’s already been viewed nearly 400, 000 times–which says something about either our thirst for irony or, more likely, our collective sense that there’s something here both funny and true. The video’s caption reads, “A bright motivated undergrad decides to ask her professor […]

Why Start a Blog? Recent Reflections on the Humanities & Social Sciences.

Posted October 24 2010 I‘ve started this blog, not coincidentally, on the weekend when Britain’s Lib Dem government announced 40% cuts to its universities. Especially hard hit have been the humanities and social sciences: where the so-called STEM subjects (sciences, technology, engineering, and math) find themselves comparatively insulated from the full force of the budget […]