The forgotten yet familiar story of the Ottoman scholars.

Have you been feeling reflective about the Core? Feel like some work of humanities has inspired you so deeply that you’re willing to submit a piece of work for the chance at $200? Were you really busy recently but aren’t anymore? Then you should be partying like it’s 1999 because the deadline for Core Reflections […]

Spring break was going to be so productive.

   Photo Via the New York Times Although Core-crunched Columbians may not realize it, collegiate study of the humanities has suffered through an acute downturn, with fewer and fewer undergrads opting for degrees in the liberal arts. In a recent Times article, Professor Andrew Delbanco, who has had a lot to say about education as […]

In which first-year Dan D’Addario explains the art of the apologia for one’s indulgence in the decadent humanities: For those of us who grew up with a relatively strict upbringing, as I did, freshman year is a time of discovery. Students who, in high school, went to bed nightly at 11 to be well-rested for […]