Humanities

On the 27th January 2012, Professor Juanito Camilleri, Rector of the University of Malta inaugurated a novel Programme aimed at encouraging and coordinating scholarly interest in the relationships between the Humanities, Medicine and the Sciences.

From the time they are hired, humanities faculty members begin working to turn the dissertation that earned them a Ph.D. into a book that will earn them tenure. But it’s not as easy as handing pages over to a publisher.

Thomas Pavlik, the only remaining member of the Illinois Humanities Council board from Springfield, has resigned because the board stuck with its plan to raise money by auctioning off a dinner with Bill Ayers, a founder of the 1970s' Weather Undergrou

When the Jackson-based Mississippi Humanities Council announced recipients of its 2012 Public Humanities Awards Thursday, Beverly Norris of Columbus, and the Columbus Arts Council, were named to receive the Humanities Partner Award.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Humanities Council has announced the recipients of its 2012 Public Humanities Awards. The awards recognize contributions by Mississippians to the study and understanding of the humanities.