Thanks to my colleague Patricia Donahue for sharing a link to this article published last October in The Guardian about current Humanities research.  Here’s an excerpt:

… humanities research teaches us about the world beyond the classroom, and beyond a job. Humanities scholars explore ethical issues, and discover how the past informs the present and the future. Researchers delve into the discourses that construct gender, race, and class. We learn to decode the images that surround us; to understand and use the language necessary to navigate a complex and rapidly shifting world.

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