Hi History Fans,
I’ll be posting a longer, and more formal, “Welcome to the Academic Year” message later today but, before I do that, I wanted to pass along the following interesting article. While people committed to humanistic inquiry sometimes feel under attack, evidence on the value of history (and other humanities disciplines) abounds in a variety of settings. For every crank who questions the value of the humanities, there are ten supporters who show us, again and again, why the humanities (and particularly history) matter. One needn’t look very far these days (Washington, D.C., Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Liberia, etc t0 mention but a few places) where the value of historical knowledge and the importance of historical thinking skills are readily apparent. I would encourage you to think of this as you read the following article by Adam Gopnik. Enjoy and contemplate!!!!!!
