By John Holmwood. Social scientists are pandering to politicians rather than engaging in proper debate – and it’s the public who lose out. Read more...By Claire Shaw. Social sciences can help governments address important social and political challenges, but many academics feel their research is ignored. Read more...
By . Thirty-three leading social scientists have been just elected as fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences. More...
By Rosanna Tamburri. This year’s Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences will feature more speakers and panelists from the United States and Europe, as organizers seek to broaden the appeal of the event and attract more international delegates to Canada’s largest interdisciplinary academic conference. Some 70 academic associations hold their meetings during Congress, which will take place May 30 to June 5 at the University of Ottawa. More...
By . View from leading scholar is among many put forward ahead of major prize recognising arts, humanities and social sciences.
Comme chaque année en cette période, la CDUL se réunira en congrès, cette fois à l’Université de Rouen, les vendredi 27 mars (toute la journée) et samedi 28 mars (matinée). Vous trouverez ci-attaché le document de présentation de cet événement. Nos échanges porteront cette année sur le public étudiant au moment de son entrée dans les études supérieures : la nature de sa formation scolaire, ses représentations de l’Université, les dispositifs d’accueil, les destins de nos primo-entrants, l’avenir du premier cycle universitaire dans le paysage de l’enseignement supérieur en France : "quels étudiants pour l’université ?"
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http://shs-app.univ-rouen.fr/Congres_LLAS_2015/. Voir l'article...
By Karen MacGregor. Academics from across Africa and the world have described the “parlous” state of the humanities and submitted recommendations for their reinvigoration to policy-makers attending the major African Higher Education Summit in Senegal from 10-12 March. Among other things the academics have called for higher quality doctoral education, the participation of scholars in national debates and an end to funding and promotion discrimination.
The “Recommendations for Reinvigorating the Humanities in Africa” were submitted by the Forum on the Humanities in Africa, of the African Humanities Programme at South Africa’s distance learning University of South Africa, UNISA. Read more...
By George Williams. Launched in September of 2010, Digital Humanities Questions & Answers is a joint venture of the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and ProfHacker. (See Julie Meloni’s launch announcement.)By Prof. Hacker. It’s getting to be (or, really, probably past, but let’s face it, we all procrastinate) that time where we plan for what we will be doing with our summers. And, the beginning of March is looming, which is typically the date to apply for various fellowships and workshops.
By. Jon Nixon asks what Arendt’s work can tell us about the value of universities as places of thinking together. More...
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