by Robert S. Cox | Nov 1, 2011 | The Public Humanist
“I believe in God who made of one blood all races that dwell on earth. I believe that all men, black and brown, and white, are brothers, varying, through Time and Opportunity, in form and gift and feature, but differing in no essential particular, and alike in...
by Hayley Wood | Nov 8, 2011 | The Public Humanist
This summer on my way to work, I found something just for me in a box of cast-off books on a sidewalk in downtown Northampton: a biography of Tolstoy by Henri Troyat published in 1967 and translated from the original French by Nancy Amphoux. A clipping with a photo of...
by David Tebaldi | Nov 14, 2011 | The Public Humanist
This year, Internet guru Virginia Heffernan headlines the Mass Humanities benefit dinner at Boston College on November 19. Find out more about attending the dinner. Earlier this fall, Mass Humanities Executive Director David Tebaldi talked to our annual symposium...
by Pleun Clara Bouricius | Nov 17, 2011 | The Public Humanist
In light of our upcoming symposium about the internet and democracy, I proposed to write about the riches of the internet for humanities scholars. But I do not wake in the night with visions of the Library of Congress’ American Memory website, the ability to...
by Hayley Wood | Nov 22, 2011 | The Public Humanist
Evgeny Morozov is the author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom. He will be a panelist at the Mass Humanities Annual Symposium, which will explore the impact of the internet on our democracy. The symposium is at Boston College this Saturday, Nov....
