I’ve been running across this question all over the place recently. Stanly Fish (Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and a professor of law at Florida International University, in Miami, and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago) has blogged on the value/need for humanities education twice [...]
Archive for February, 2008
why humanities?
Posted in bigthink, democracy, education, higher education, humanities, tagged bigthink, democracy, education, higher education, humanities on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
doing historical research? (check ebay for important documents)
Posted in Calhoun, archive, archives, documents, ebay, larceny, lorello, romito, theft, tagged archives, Calhoun, documents, ebay, larceny, lorello, romito, theft on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lawyer, former medievalist, American history buff saves the day! Mr. Joseph Romito, a lawyer in Virginia discovered someone selling on ebay an artifact (an obscure letter signed by John C. Calhoun) that he knew to be in the collection of the NY State Library. That someone turned out to be Daniel D. Lorello, a 29-year [...]



