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Are the humanities dead? We investigated the past, present, and future of the humanities to figure out where they came from, what they’re for, and if we still need them–or if it’s finally time to lay the humanities to rest.
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Website: https://gostudyhall.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gostudyhall
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoStudyHall
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gostudyhall/
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
01:47 - Are the Humanities Dead?
03:11 - The Ancestry of the Humanities
07:18 - The Many Lives of the Humanities
12:17 - The Future of the Humanities
18:39 - Conclusion
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Sources:
https://themontclarion.org/news/montclair-state-university-students-stage-protest-against-chss-restructuring/
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/02/the-humanities-as-canary-understanding-this-crisis-now/
https://thelocal.to/humanities-in-crisis/?src=longreads
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/us/liberal-arts-college-degree-humanities.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/universities-humanities-programs
https://www.neh.gov/news/update-neh-funding-priorities-and-agencys-recent-implementation-trump-administration-executive
https://www.neh.gov/grants/public/public-humanities-projects
https://aeon.co/essays/the-humanities-are-booming-only-the-professors-can-t-see-it
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3132391/chinese-education-through-history-six-arts
https://www.britannica.com/topic/humanities
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/685056
https://www.oah.org/2017/02/28/neem-humanities-to-humanism/
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/will-the-humanities-survive-artificial-intelligence
https://www.amacad.org/sites/default/files/publication/downloads/Daedalus_Wi09_04_Ayers.pdf
https://www.amacad.org/publication/classics-cultural-studies
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/685056
https://worldhumanitiesreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WHR-China_Introduction.pdf
https://www.amacad.org/sites/default/files/publication/downloads/Daedalus_Wi09_04_Ayers.pdf
https://www.oah.org/2017/02/28/neem-humanities-to-humanism/
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/06/06/responding-state-humanities-today-essay
https://www.jstor.org/stable/375654
https://quillette.com/2021/03/25/culture-the-humanities-and-the-collapse-of-the-grand-narratives/
https://www.amacad.org/news/college-graduates-humanities-drops-eighth-consecutive-year
https://www.inforum.com/opinion/letters/letter-the-humanities-exist-to-alleviate-human-misery-why-have-we-forgotten-that
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/opinions/humanities-arent-dead-yet-perry
https://thelocal.to/humanities-in-crisis/?src=longreads
https://about.jstor.org/blog/in-defense-of-the-humanities-upholding-the-pillars-of-human-understanding/
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/humanities-will-never-die
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/04/02/letter-from-an-english-department-on-the-brink/?lp_txn_id=1670109
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFzgwrOzaPQ
https://thelocal.to/humanities-in-crisis/?src=longreads
https://www.ccdaily.com/2025/09/can-community-colleges-save-the-humanities-especially-in-the-age-of-ai/
https://www.chronicle.com/article/community-college-is-the-future-of-liberal-education
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/06/14/study-finds-community-colleges-are-only-colleges-world-growing-humanities
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/11/05/would-we-rather-humanities-be-ruined-changed-opinion
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=facsch_papers
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/humanities-will-never-die
Are the humanities dead? We investigated the past, present, and future of the humanities to figure out where they came from, what they’re for, and if we still need them–or if it’s finally time to lay the humanities to rest.
__________________________________________________________________________
Website: https://gostudyhall.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gostudyhall
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoStudyHall
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gostudyhall/
__________________________________________________________________________
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
01:47 - Are the Humanities Dead?
03:11 - The Ancestry of the Humanities
07:18 - The Many Lives of the Humanities
12:17 - The Future of the Humanities
18:39 - Conclusion
__________________________________________________________________________
Sources:
https://themontclarion.org/news/montclair-state-university-students-stage-protest-against-chss-restructuring/
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/02/the-humanities-as-canary-understanding-this-crisis-now/
https://thelocal.to/humanities-in-crisis/?src=longreads
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/us/liberal-arts-college-degree-humanities.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/universities-humanities-programs
https://www.neh.gov/news/update-neh-funding-priorities-and-agencys-recent-implementation-trump-administration-executive
https://www.neh.gov/grants/public/public-humanities-projects
https://aeon.co/essays/the-humanities-are-booming-only-the-professors-can-t-see-it
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3132391/chinese-education-through-history-six-arts
https://www.britannica.com/topic/humanities
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/685056
https://www.oah.org/2017/02/28/neem-humanities-to-humanism/
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/will-the-humanities-survive-artificial-intelligence
https://www.amacad.org/sites/default/files/publication/downloads/Daedalus_Wi09_04_Ayers.pdf
https://www.amacad.org/publication/classics-cultural-studies
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/685056
https://worldhumanitiesreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WHR-China_Introduction.pdf
https://www.amacad.org/sites/default/files/publication/downloads/Daedalus_Wi09_04_Ayers.pdf
https://www.oah.org/2017/02/28/neem-humanities-to-humanism/
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/06/06/responding-state-humanities-today-essay
https://www.jstor.org/stable/375654
https://quillette.com/2021/03/25/culture-the-humanities-and-the-collapse-of-the-grand-narratives/
https://www.amacad.org/news/college-graduates-humanities-drops-eighth-consecutive-year
https://www.inforum.com/opinion/letters/letter-the-humanities-exist-to-alleviate-human-misery-why-have-we-forgotten-that
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/opinions/humanities-arent-dead-yet-perry
https://thelocal.to/humanities-in-crisis/?src=longreads
https://about.jstor.org/blog/in-defense-of-the-humanities-upholding-the-pillars-of-human-understanding/
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/humanities-will-never-die
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/04/02/letter-from-an-english-department-on-the-brink/?lp_txn_id=1670109
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFzgwrOzaPQ
https://thelocal.to/humanities-in-crisis/?src=longreads
https://www.ccdaily.com/2025/09/can-community-colleges-save-the-humanities-especially-in-the-age-of-ai/
https://www.chronicle.com/article/community-college-is-the-future-of-liberal-education
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/06/14/study-finds-community-colleges-are-only-colleges-world-growing-humanities
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/11/05/would-we-rather-humanities-be-ruined-changed-opinion
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=facsch_papers
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/humanities-will-never-die
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