Humanities
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Does the world need poets?
Or historians?
Philosophers, linguists, or painters?
Can we afford the time or expend the energy to pursue deeper meaning and elevated expression when the world is buffeted by environmental disruption, warfare, social inequity, political unrest, and technologies that are behaving more and more, well, human?
These are questions that get asked during cynical times.
They’re getting asked now.
Our scholars consider the modern state of humanities—their urgency and relevancy; how they help us to respond and adapt, embrace and transform, resist falsity and seek truth.
Our faculty address how Clark humanities are evolving to meet the modern challenges of artificial intelligence and climate change, while also taking fresh approaches to traditional literature, language, and the arts, with new regard for some of their most renowned practitioners.
Here’s looking at you, William Shakespeare.
The humanities reveal the complexities of humanity.
ODILE FERLY
“The humanities engage with the imagination, which is important for thinking about the future.”
STEPHEN LEVIN
“The planetary crisis has made environmental humanities exceedingly important.”
OUSMANE POWER-GREENE
“Humanities are not just for college-educated elites. They are for everyone.”
MATT MALSKY
“Everything is done with humanity at the forefront. Not just humanities, but humanity.”
BEN KORSTVEDT
“Bruckner takes the listener on a great journey through all sorts of different emotions and conflicts.”
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Challenge. Change. podcast
Our humanities faculty discuss their work on the Challenge. Change. podcast.