Manifesto for the humanities transforming doctoral education in good enough times

"After a remarkable career in higher education, Sidonie Smith offers Manifesto for the Humanities as a reflective contribution to the current academic conversation over the place of the Humanities in the 21st century. Her focus is on doctoral education and opportunities she sees for its reform....

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Main Author: Smith, Sidonie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2016, 2016
Series:Digital humanities
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"After a remarkable career in higher education, Sidonie Smith offers Manifesto for the Humanities as a reflective contribution to the current academic conversation over the place of the Humanities in the 21st century. Her focus is on doctoral education and opportunities she sees for its reform. Grounding this manifesto in background factors contributing to current "crises" in the humanities, Smith advocates for a 21st century doctoral education responsive to the changing ecology of humanistic scholarship and teaching. She elaborates a more expansive conceptualization of coursework and dissertation, a more robust, engaged public humanities, and a more diverse, collaborative, and networked sociality"--Back cover
Physical Description:x, 225 pages
ISBN:0472053043
9780472053049
9780472073047
0472073044