The latest issue of History of Humanities has just come out. Issue 8.1 contains a selection of papers from The Making of the Humanities conference in Barcelona 2021, including by the keynote speakers Cristina Dondi and Mercedes Garcia-Arenal. The issue also contains a review essay on “The Swedish Exception?” and several book reviews.

You can read the entire issue here. Enjoy!

We are delighted to announce that the Society for the History of the Humanities has been extended with a separate Board of Events (BoE). The BoE will organize the Making of the Humanities conferences and various satellite events on the history of the humanities. Members of the BoE will rotate every 2-3 years. The BoE currently consists of:

Isak Hammar (Lund University, Chair)

Eric Hayot (Penn State)

Judith Kaplan (Science History Institute)

Camilla de Simone (U. of Chieti)

Floris Solleveld (KU Leuven)

Click here for more information on the organizational structure of the Society.

Issue 7.2 of History of Humanities has just been published.

It contains a marvelous Forum section on Exactitude in the Humanities with an open access Introduction. As well as 5 regular articles (one of which is open access) and even more book reviews!

Click here to read issue 7.2.

NB: there is a very late correction to the conference program. As we just learned, Winter Time started last weekend in Europe but only starts this weekend on the US East Coast, so the time difference between Pittsburgh and continental Europe is now 5 hours rather than 6. Which means we have to move the program one hour on one side of the Atlantic. After a quick deliberation we decided to make sessions start one hour later in EST (Pittsburgh) time. If you are in Europe, scheduled hours remain the same. All times given below are correct.

We are delighted to announce that the FULL PROGRAM with the book of abstracts of The Making of the Humanities X conference is available and can be downloaded here. Note that the conference will be held online from November 3-5, during the afternoons in Europe and during the mornings in the US (see below).
Information for presenters and chairs: each regular talk is allotted 30 minutes consisting of 20 minutes presentation and 10 minutes discussion. Panels may be divided up differently, to be decided by the chair. Please make sure that you are online (via zoom) at least 5 minutes before the start of your session. See also our program booklet for further information.

Program Outline with Zoom Links:

EST = Eastern Standard Time (Pittsburgh) / CEST = Continental European Standard Time (Amsterdam)

THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER

9:15-10:30 EST / 14:15-15:30 CEST:     Opening, and Keynote Eric Hayot:  https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/86128441213

10:30-11:00 EST / 15:30-16:00 CEST:   Break

11:00-12:30 EST / 16:00-17:30 CEST: Session 1 Humanities and ‘Theory’: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/88690740676

11:00-12:30 EST / 16:00-17:30 CEST: Session 2 Ramus, Bacon, Frege: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/84434567812

11:00-12:30 EST / 16:00-17:30 CEST: Session 3 Humanities and Nationalism: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/83190114476

12:30-13:00 EST / 17:30-18:00 CEST:  Break

13:00-15:00 EST / 18:00-20:00 CEST: Session 4 Panel: Space and Mind: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/87254811814

13:00-15:00 EST / 18:00-20:00 CEST: Session 5 Panel: Vice Epistemology: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/82099375484

FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER

9:00-11:00 EST / 14:00-16:00 CEST:  Session 6  Panel: Specialization in the Humanities: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/83515145354

9:00-11:00 EST / 14:00-16:00 CEST:  Session 7  Rhetoric, Humanism & General Education: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/83678777534

11:00-11:30 EST / 16:00-16:30 CEST:  Break

11:30-12:30 EST / 16:30-17:30 CEST:  Keynote Kathleen Fitzpatrick:  https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/85641085063

12:30-13:00 EST / 17:30-18:00 CEST:  Break

13:00-15:00 EST / 18:00-20:00 CEST: Session 8  Philology and Orientalism: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/86199204757

13:00-15:00 EST / 18:00-20:00 CEST:  Session 9  Panel: Cold War Political Entanglement Knowledge: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/83339160305

SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER

9:00-10:30 EST / 14:00-15:30 CEST:  Session 10  Soft Power, Child Language & Criteria of Quality: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/87195997341

9:00-10:30 EST / 14:00-15:30 CEST:  Session 11  Two Cultures: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/88103334199

10:30-11:00 EST / 15:30-16:30 CEST: Break

11:00-12:30 EST / 16:00-17:30 CEST:  Session 12  Humanities in China: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/85168572156

11:00-12:30 EST / 16:00-17:30 CEST:  Session 13  Panel: Visualization and Quadrivial Music: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/81275782741

12:30-13:00 EST / 17:30-18:00 CEST:  Break

13:00-14:30 EST / 18:00-19:30 CEST:  Session 14  Panel: Alternative Histories of Theory:  https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/86085597312

13:00-14:30 EST / 18:00-19:30 CEST:  Session 15  Art History & Visual Studies: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/83939202639

14:35-15:00 EST / 19:35-20:00 CEST:  Closing session: where do we go next?: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/87991203955

Participation to the conference is free, but all presenters must be a member of the Society for the History of the Humanities. Click here to become a member.

We look forward to seeing you at The Making of the Humanities X!