#humanities

[animentality]

#twitter #stem majors #humanities #english #anthropology #sociology

[blvvdk3ep]

I love you people going into "useless" fields I love you classics majors I love you cultural studies majors I love you comparative literature majors I love you film studies majors I love you near eastern religions majors I love you Greek, Latin, and Hebrew majors I love you ethnic studies I love you people going into any and all small field that isn't considered lucrative in our rotting capitalist society please never stop keeping the sacred flame of knowledge for the sake of knowledge and understanding humanity and not merely for the sake of money alive

#classics #mythology #ancient greek mythology #ancient roman mythology #comparative literature #latin #hebrew #ethnic studies #fuck capitalism #communism #i love my useless degree idc #academia #university #dark academia #Greek #philosophy #liberal arts #humanities #women and gender studies #cultural anthropology

[mysharona1987]

#English literature #literature #humanities #chinua achebe #teachers #university

[joytri]

#aesthetic #dark academia #art #coffee #books #academia #dark acadamia quotes #dark academia aesthetics #dark academia moodboard #pinterest moodboard #aesthetic moodboard #moodboard #light academia aesthetic #chaotic academia #chaotic academia aesthetic #light academia #academics #Jane eyre #College #humanities

[prokopetz]

Level 1: There are no surviving records of what this was about.

Level 2: There are some surviving records of what this was about, but they're from centuries after the fact and may be speculative or fabricated.

Level 3: We have writings from a contemporary primary source regarding what this was about, but it's often unclear whether the writer is speaking from first-hand experience, and also they're known to have sometimes just made shit up.

Level 4: We have writings from multiple contemporary primary sources which broadly corroborate each other regarding what this was about, but – and hear me out – what if they're all lying.

#science #humanities #history #anthropology #swearing

[elizabethminkel]

My latest fandom column for Atlas Obscura is live! This one is on @terrorcamp, a Terror fandom con + polar history conference that truly feels like it straddles both fandom and academia. Many thanks to the brilliant group of people who spoke to me for this piece, especially TC organizer @areyougonnabe, of course!!

There are so many quotes I love, but one of my favorites was from Hester Blum, a Penn State English professor, on how the event reshaped her thinking about current teaching in the humanities:

Watching the presentations from younger fans also made her reassess the way she and her colleagues approach their students; many academics discuss younger generations’ interest in “relatability,” and how it prevents them from engaging with history and literature. “One of the things that this conference made me realize is how fundamentally we have misunderstood what it means to be ‘relatable,’” she says. “And it’s not simply a lack of critical distance or affinity—but the kind of passionate fan response, as something that is deeply critical and deeply thought-through. It was one of those moments that was like, ‘Oh, this can be the future of engagement.’ This was incredible.”

#my writing #atlas obscura #fandom #academia #fan cons #the terror #polar history #polar humanities #humanities

[jstor]

Looking for your next read? 👀

Rumor has it that a bunch of Open Access titles just released for free through our Path to Open program! We partnered with university presses to increase bibliodiversity in the humanities and social sciences.

Learn more about the program and the titles you can now access.

#jstor #research #open access #books #academic research #humanities #social sciences

[washedupuriel]

Are we really going to let the Rishi Sunaks of the world pretend that humanities degrees are "low value"?

Are we really going to let them blame the results of their hyper capitalist politics – cost of living crisis, housing crisis, climate emergency, the list goes on – on the very courses of study that teach people to think critically and call them out on their bullshit?

#capitalism #late stage capitalism #humanities #low value degrees #university #not to be a socialist on main but holy fuck #politics #criticism

[atelieron]

got some sun & snow for valentine's day!

goal: finish paper due tonight, start this week's seminar reading

🎧 listening: kiss me right now - tatyana

#college student life #currently listening to #now listening #study blog #study goals #study motivation #studyblr #chaotic academia #currently reading #light academia #light academic aesthetic #school #college #music recs #new music #book reccs #booklr #humanities #valentines day

[earthtonenjoyer]

As a humanities student, JSTOR is my beloved forever and always <3

#jstor #jstor appreciation post #humanities

[kanchelsis]

⚠️ ATTENTION UK COMRADES ⚠️

never in my life did i think i would be making a post like this but here goes.

what's happening in the university of brighton?

during the past week, the university of brighton has announced 110 staff redundancies in a bid to save almost £18m.

meanwhile, senior management have recently shelled out an almost identical sum of money to buy out the lease of a sports facility on campus - a decision which nobody asked for or wanted.

these redundancies will be finalised at the end of june and will have a catastrophic impact on learning conditions, which rely on the expertise of our lecturers. though the ripples of this decision will be felt throughout the university, it explicitly and disproportionately targets 'non-profitable' degrees such as humanities, arts, social sciences, etc.

for the staff made redundant, it could mean the end of their academic career due to a surplus of unemployed academics as a result of sector-wide lack of funding for teaching and research. this is also happening during a cost of living crisis.

lecturers on work visas could be forced to leave the country and may not be able to support their families. those who aren't made redundant will suffer from increased workload, larger class sizes, inability to conduct research and more students per member of staff.

the university of brighton offers a fantastic range of unique, interdisciplinary courses in the heart of the uk's queer capital, allowing our vibrant student community to benefit from intimate seminars that immensely benefit our learning. with some of our departments being cut by more than half, the loss of these will be absolutely devastating.

in the e-mail the student body were sent, we were told the redundancies 'wouldn't affect us', with zero acknowledgement of the relationship students build with their lecturers.

this is an attack on the job security and dignity of our valued body of educational staff. the vice chancellor, who takes home around £250,000 a year, said she 'needs to pay the gas bill'. we say human beings over buildings.

the student body cannot allow this. this sets a dangerous precedent for workers all over the country.

so what can we do to help?

let them know that this not okay. voice your concerns to the vice chancellor debra humphris, who can be contacted at [email protected]

spread information. tell your friends. kick up a fuss. stand in solidarity with staff and students. contact your local representatives and encourage them to offer support. jeremy corbyn has already given his!!

consider following @ uobsolidarity on instagram to stay updated.

here is a petition you can sign and some relevant news articles. here's how to find your mp.

SOLIDARITY FOREVER. FUCK GREED. PLEASE BOOST!!!

#tempest text #university of brighton #brighton #uk #literature #humanities #social sciences #socialism #worker solidarity #politics #britpol #lgbtq #signal boost #labour #england #marxism

[nervousyouthcupcake]

#light academia #quotes #classic academia #women in stem #literature #history #soft academia #dark academia #chaotic academia #light academism #humanities #english #english major #social science #music #women in music #women in history #Women in phlegm #scholarship #scholarly academia #phd scholar #dark academism #light acamedia #dark acamedia #english lit student #academia aesthetic #literary quotes #classic literature #reading

[philosophybits]

The humanities give us a chance to read across languages and cultural differences in order to understand the vast range of perspectives in and on this world. How else can we imagine living together without this ability to see beyond where we are, to find ourselves linked with others we have never directly known, and to understand that, in some abiding and urgent sense, we share a world?

Judith Butler, "McGill University commencement address", 2013

#philosophy #quotes #Judith Butler #McGill University commencement address 2013 #education #humanities #awareness #humanity

[thebusylilbee]

A CLUTTERED LIFE: Middle-Class Abundance - University of California

#youtube recommended this to me and I found it very interesting ! #more possessions per household than any society in human history !! right after that they show it's a source of stress instead of happiness #consumerism #usa #middle class #waste #economy #anthropology #humanities #university of california #bee tries to talk #my stuff

[thaliasthunder]

"children of athena are into architecture and engineering" no shut up where are my humanities athena kids. i want children of athena that dream of being therapists and psychiatrists; and where are the children of athena that are history and philosophy nerds? u're obsessed w the ancient era? that's so interesting tell me more; what about athena kids that are into art and literature? oh u wanna be an artist and a writer? cant wait to see u in museums and i swear u're gonna be a best seller; and athena kids that wanna go to law school or interested in journalism? u'll be part of a great change in the world; and athena kids that want to be teachers? i bet u'll leave a mark in the hearts of hundreds of students <3

#humanities!athena kids i see you and im proud of u #athena #pjo #hoo #pjo/hoo #annabeth chase #percy jackson #jason grace #piper mclean #hazel levesque #frank zhang #incorrect pjo quotes #incorrect pjo #rick riordan #riordanverse #humanities

[benevolentbirdgal]

honestly, as an aspiring historian, my new(ish) hill to die on and what is growing to be my biggest pet peeve is the seemingly pervasive notion, judging by people's response to my undergrad degree and what my peers have experienced, that there's no work to be done in history. The books have been written, the shows have been produced, nothing new under the sun. My fellow humanities people - hell, even soft sciences people have definitely expressed this to me as well. And it's a crock of malarky.

Nothing shatters this illusion so profoundly like reading people's incredibly specific, hundreds of pages thesis or dissertation on the history of a particular airline or a writing utensil or religious strife in a less than two decade period in a very specific part of the U.K. or streetcars in a particular city or the gay community in one rural county in a span of less than a decade or a century's worth of Jewish labor history in colonial Georgia.

I mean, doing research and finding out there's fuck-all nothing or close to it on a subject you were really excited about (cries in undergraduate thesis) runs close, but at least with that you can delude yourself into thinking there's nothing there to be written or said or analyzed.

But the idea that everything's already been written & researched is a much harder sell when you're staring down a 324-page dissertation on the history of Delta airlines (but only to the second world war) or a 181-page thesis on the military-masculinity complex specifically in the U.S. context specifically from 1940-1963.

There are other reasons being a historian is difficult, and why there aren't that many historian jobs. Most of the reasons come down to money, and the field not being particularly valued as a producers public goods in a capitalist society. But it's not because there's not work to be done.

#birdie rambles #gradblr #histblr #historyblr #humanities #social sciences