How ancient civilisations dealt with trauma
As the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine continue, there’s deepening concern for the trauma that may come later. But war has been around for millennia. How did our ancestors cope?
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As the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine continue, there’s deepening concern for the trauma that may come later. But war has been around for millennia. How did our ancestors cope?
(RNS) — 'We are all facing a choice right now, with peers and colleagues and friends: will we lean in or will we lean out?' Ariel Burger, founder of The Witness Institute, told RNS.
When I was in graduate school working on a degree in Humanistic Studies, the core of that program was the human factor. Emanating from that core were numerous spokes not
In Denmark and closer to home, students trace the footsteps — and try the handiwork — of ancient mariners.
The rapid collapse in available research funding is one crisis in the humanities we aren’t talking enough about, Asheesh Kapur Siddique writes. Since James Sweet’s column chastising historians for “presentism” appeared in the American Historical Association’s Perspectives on History magazine last August, the discipline has been engaged in a new round of soul-searching conversations about its purpose. These conversations have centered around two concerning developments.