Mikhail Epstein, “The Solution to the Humanities Crisis Must Come from Within”

Research Summary: Humanities Crisis and Innovation

Topic: Academic humanities reform and institutional innovation

Author/Institution: Prof. Mikhail Epstein, Director of Centre for Humanities Innovation, Durham University

Publication: The Conversation article titled “The Solution to the Humanities Crisis Must Come from Within”

Key Initiative: Inaugural CHI conference “Beyond Crisis: Visions for the New Humanities” (July 7–8, 2014)

Call to Action: Soliciting manifestos from colleagues addressing humanities renewal; submission deadline April 11, 2014

Central Thesis: Solutions to humanities crisis must originate from within the discipline itself through collaborative innovation

Scope: Addresses systemic challenges in humanities education and proposes institutional frameworks for sustainable transformation

Prof Mikhail Epstein, Professor of Russian and Cultural Theory, and Director of The Centre for Humanities Innovation (CHI) at Durham University has published today an article in The Conversation: “The Solution to the Humanities Crisis Must Come from Within“.

Prof Epstein, in collaboration with his colleagues in The Centre for Humanities in Innovation, are calling for manifestos for their inaugural CHI conference “Beyond Crisis: Visions for the New Humanities” (July 7–8 2014, deadline for submission, 11 April 2014).