Hidden Humanities

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Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, this interdisciplinary series challenges the widespread notion that the humanities ought to be a low educational priority. The lectures intend to clarify current debates over the importance of the humanities and illuminate why intellectual disciplines o…

From The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences


    • Dec 15, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
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    Standing at the Crossroads: The Humanities and the American South

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2014 60:15


    This is the inaugural lecture in the College of Arts & Sciences' new Hidden Humanities lecture series, which invites two guests per academic year to discuss the wider relevance for the the work carried out in the Humanities. In it, Dr. Ferris--the onetime Director of the National Endowment for the Humanities--explores the role of the Humanities in studying the stories that people tell and the identities that they thereby create and communicate, focusing on the rich history and culture of the South.

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