Humanities Forward

Stephan Nitu is a Junior Research Associate in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford, where he has recently completed a DPhil in Ancient History. An aspiring educator with a keen interest in defining and communicating the value of research, he seeks to highlight the foundational skills and competencies that the humanities ennoble us with and has presented at multiple international conferences on the necessity of prioritizing human flourishing—in research, practice, and teaching, on the humanities and beyond. Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE is Professor of Classics Education and Public Policy at Durham University. She specialises in the teaching and learning of classical subjects and regularly provides expert advice to international governments on curriculum and assessment design. She is founding director of Durham’s Centre for Classics Education Research and Engagements (CERES) and is co-director of the Advocating Classics Education project.

• Foreword: Skepticism and the HumanitiesChristopher SmithPART I: WHY THE HUMANITIES?Introduction: Summoning the HumanitiesStephan Nitu and Arlene Holmes-HendersonVALUATION AND APPLICATIONValue Judgements: Charting the Discourse on Value in the HumanitiesStephan NituValues-Based Scholarly Communication Practices: Collaboration and Field-Building in the Public HumanitiesDaniel Fisher-Livne, Younger Oliver, and Kath BurtonThe Irene Project: Classical Literature for the Promotion of Peace and Reconciliation in the ClassroomRonald Forero-Álvarez, Rafael D. Uribe-Neira, Deisy Amapola Vásquez-Guerrero, Juan Gabriel Santamaria-Pérez, Martin Dinter, Jesús David Girado-Sierra, and Lucio Martín Forero-ÁlvarezLooking Back, Striving Forward: Is Forgiveness Education in the Classroom the Key to Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland? Anita Gracie and Jill MagennisTalking About Trees: The Paradox of the Environmental HumanitiesConor BrennanThe Uses of Use-less Indigenous ResearchAlice Te Punga SomervillePRESENCE AND POLICY‘If a Classicist Can Engage with Policymakers, then Anyone Can!’ Reflections on a Steep Learning Curve in WhitehallArlene Holmes-HendersonInstitutional Impact in the Policy Environment: the Role of the British AcademyHetan ShahGlobal Crisis and Humanistic Inquiry: a View from the United StatesJoy ConnollyHumanities Research Seen from a European Network PerspectiveCharles Giry-Deloison and Wojciech SowaInvesting in the YoungStephanie OadeDisadvantage Does Not Mean Deficit: The Arts and Primary School SuccessSonia ThompsonMultilingualism in the UK: from Public Policy to Public OpinionWendy Ayres-BennettLanguage Teaching Needs Language Science: A manifesto for Linguistics and Language Teaching in the United KingdomMichelle Sheehan, Jonathan Kasstan, Norma Schifano, Sascha Stollhans, Anna Havinga, Alice CorrPART II: WHY FORWARD?INNOVATION AND FRAMEWORKSThoughtful Interdisciplinary Thinking – The Future Is NowTomás LallyHumanities Publishing in 2046: Hopes and How We Might Realise ThemLouis Coiffait-GunnRiver Song Praxis: Reimagining the Humanities through Indigenous Creative ArtsAli Gumillya Baker, Natalie Harkin, Faye Rosas Blanch, Simone Ulalka Tur, Katerina Teaiwa, Lou Bennett, Romaine MoretonIndia and the Global Future of the HumanitiesAlex KostovaSyennesis to Aristotle, 2400 Years on: Medicine, Machine Learning, and the Future of Humanities ResearchJenny Vo-Phamhi and Katherine BenjaminLiterature Pedagogy in the Digitalized Classroom: Observations from Hong KongFlora Ka Yu MakThe Role of the Arts and Humanities in Thinking about Artificial Intelligence (AI)John TasioulasWELLBEING AND HUMANITYThe Primacy of Love: Toward a Renewed Understanding of Human Nature and Critique in the HumanitiesSarah ThomasThe Case for Delight in the Humanities: a View from Te Whanganui-a-TaraFrazer MacDiarmid“We are awake in the gone forest”: Humanities for Land JusticeAnna Sims BartelConclusion Roundtable: Humanities ForwardStephan Nitu in conversation with Daniel Grimley, Gervase Rosser, Emily Troscianko, Elleke Boehmer, and Arlene Holmes-HendersonCoda. Seven Actionable Insights for the Future of the HumanitiesStephan Nitu