The Future of the Humanities: A Discussion with Heather Cox Richardson and Brian Naylor

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
  • On October 14, 2022, the University of Maine, the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, the UMaine Alumni Association, the University of Maine Foundation, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences hosted a public discussion about “The Future of Humanities” at the Collins Center for the Arts on the campus of the University of Maine.
    The event celebrated the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s first decade of operation.
    The discussion featured Heather Cox Richardson, professor of history at Boston College, and author of the "Letters from an American" Substack newsletter, and Brian Naylor, veteran National Public Radio correspondent.

Комментарии • 44

  • @clayfoster8234
    @clayfoster8234 Год назад +4

    Dr richardson will be remembered with the like of Elijah Lovejoy; lesser known but absolutely crucial to our turn away from fascism.

    • @MichaelDamianPHD
      @MichaelDamianPHD Год назад

      The Democrats are the fascists. That's why they want to control speech and create a Ministry of Truth. Unfortunately you're all a bit too dim-witted to grasp that fascism comes from the left and depends on big government.

    • @matthew-jy5jp
      @matthew-jy5jp 4 месяца назад

      Love joy is only remembered for being shot dead. What are you talking about ?

    • @clayfoster8234
      @clayfoster8234 4 месяца назад

      @@matthew-jy5jp Lovejoy was instrumental in putting abolition into the public consciousness with his newspaper and refusal to acquiesce to the authoritarians desire to scare the opposition into silence. And let’s be honest, should the christo-fascists take over, she’s one of the ppl they’ll look to settle a score with.

  • @TheEnergydoc
    @TheEnergydoc Год назад +15

    I read and value Dr. Cox- Richardson's daily letters and FB posts

    • @MichaelDamianPHD
      @MichaelDamianPHD Год назад

      She offers pure propaganda for the Dem bubble nothing else.

    • @matthew-jy5jp
      @matthew-jy5jp 4 месяца назад

      She has her own RUclips channel that is excellent as well

    • @matthew-jy5jp
      @matthew-jy5jp 4 месяца назад

      ​@@MichaelDamianPHDyou dope

    • @matthew-jy5jp
      @matthew-jy5jp 4 месяца назад

      ​@@MichaelDamianPHD Telling the history of the Republican party doesn't mean you are a propagandist for the Democratic Party mate. You're a Doctor and the fact that the Doctor can think that way shows you you're not really a professional. Many doctors have disagreed over the history of medicine what is good and what is bad correct ? This talk about the virus and the vaccines being harmful should offend every single medical person on the planet. Because what people are saying that have no experience in the medical field is they are smarter than you. Just like you are saying you are smarter than Heather, and that's not true. If she is a specialist in her field, the same way a Doctor is. I'm sorry that when you look back at the history of your counthree and it looks down on republican values that you blame not on democrats and not see that the republican values are the real problem. Golden to William f Buckley junior a man who professed to be a religious person call somebody a queer on national television. You people have stopped worshiping God a long time ago and worship America and celebrity

  • @MaryCapron
    @MaryCapron 2 месяца назад

    Having trouble with the volume? Try closed captions; I always use them.

  • @anidadron
    @anidadron Год назад +1

    No volume!

  • @reddyandre
    @reddyandre Год назад +3

    No, there's nothing wrong with your audio; wait 30 seconds

    • @goatladygletha792
      @goatladygletha792 Год назад +3

      However, my volume is at 100% in two places, and I can barely hear it.

    • @guitrr
      @guitrr 10 месяцев назад +1

      30 seconds made no difference, it’s still barely audible

  • @MichaelDamianPHD
    @MichaelDamianPHD Год назад +1

    It's not "book banning" gimma a break. That's a complete lie. There are countless books excluded from any given school curriculum. This woman is delusional.

    • @clayfoster8234
      @clayfoster8234 Год назад +3

      First they came for the books and I immediately said something because I’ve read the rest of the poem…

    • @MRGO0OSE
      @MRGO0OSE Год назад

      Not letting kids read Tom Sawyer because it exposes American racism is an example of restricting the access to information children have during their education.
      She is not delusional because this type of information restriction is exactly what happens in the early ages of fascist states.

    • @MichaelDamianPHD
      @MichaelDamianPHD Год назад +1

      @@ruthhenry9577 You're absolutely clueless, sorry. Some materials are inappropriate for certain ages. That's what it's about. Curricula are not about including "voices and representation" of all groups. It's about instruction, not identity groups. Older children do learn about various groups. You have no idea what you're talking about. It's not even remotely about religion being imposed.

    • @clayfoster8234
      @clayfoster8234 Год назад +3

      @@MichaelDamianPHD to say the right wing in America isn’t driven by religion is as inaccurate and deceitful as saying southern support of slavery was not the cause of the civil war.

    • @clayfoster8234
      @clayfoster8234 Год назад +3

      @@MichaelDamianPHD and your supposition that education is about “instruction not identity groups”
      *I.E. groups you feel shouldn’t have their existence acknowledged*
      Is the calling card of authoritarians, theocrats, and fascists since time began.

  • @matthew-jy5jp
    @matthew-jy5jp 4 месяца назад

    Carl Sagan wrote a lot about the dumbing down of our society before he died. He was very frightened by what he was beginning to see.

  • @zeenuf00
    @zeenuf00 Год назад +1

    From a humanities major:
    at this point, anything besides a STEM degree is worthless.

    • @guitrr
      @guitrr 10 месяцев назад +1

      In terms of dollars, yes. But money should not be the only valuation of merit in or to a society

    • @zeenuf00
      @zeenuf00 10 месяцев назад

      @@guitrr I didn't mention money.
      think about it.

  • @goatladygletha792
    @goatladygletha792 Год назад +6

    The volume on this is exceedingly low. I have my volume in both places up as high as it can go, and can barely hear the audio.

  • @spikedaniels1528
    @spikedaniels1528 Год назад +5

    Heather is always a pleasure… but the volume is too low.

  • @renzo6490
    @renzo6490 10 месяцев назад

    Ms. Richardson is writing the history of the present times.

    • @matthew-jy5jp
      @matthew-jy5jp 4 месяца назад

      Her importance is that she can look back at our country's history and notice Is the comparisons between then and now.

  • @johnstewart7025
    @johnstewart7025 Год назад +1

    People have built lives here in America upon a history of great suffering. (I agree. In fact, many people relish explaining how they "came from nothing." Now, that can be a great exaggeration, but that is a legitimate story. I suppose the tragedy is how some people came from nothing and are still "nothing" in the sense that they have been to prison, or don't own a home or don't have parents in their lives etc.)

  • @taoalexis
    @taoalexis 10 месяцев назад

    If I want to listen to someone spew drivel and rose-coloured nonesense, I'll listen to Garrison Keillor. At least he's funny.

    • @dogeared100
      @dogeared100 10 месяцев назад

      I do feel this way at times when I listen to her.

  • @matthew-jy5jp
    @matthew-jy5jp 4 месяца назад

    Stop complaining about the volume. And try to focus and listen to what she is saying.

  • @matthew-jy5jp
    @matthew-jy5jp 4 месяца назад

    I say it all the time to be weary of anyone who attacks the endowment for the arts and humanities. Public broadcasting is our national treasure