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Past Director and Emeritus Trustee, National Humanities Center | Dean Emeritus, University of Utah

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Pax Natura Foundation Award to Homero Aridjis
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Pax Natura Foundation Award to Homero Aridjis

By Robert D. Newman / July 8, 2022

Earlier this summer, I was privileged to introduce the brilliant poet and passionate environmentalist Homero

Pedaling Through the Generation Gap
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Pedaling Through the Generation Gap

By Robert D. Newman / September 13, 2021

Recently our 13- and 15-year-old grandnieces came for a four-day visit. My wife and I

The Simple Self
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The Simple Self

By Robert D. Newman / September 8, 2021

“It is out of the dailiness of life that one is driven into the deepest

What Will the Humanities Look Like in a Decade?
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What Will the Humanities Look Like in a Decade?

By Robert D. Newman / September 3, 2021

My latest piece on the humanities’ future, from Inside Higher Ed (September 3, 2021). For many

Time Out with Bill Hendrickson
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Time Out with Bill Hendrickson

By Robert D. Newman / April 12, 2021

Time Out with Bill Hendrickson is a weekly radio program on WCOM-LP 103.5 FM, community

The Humanities in the Age of Loneliness
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The Humanities in the Age of Loneliness

By Robert D. Newman / August 19, 2019

How can the humanities help restore the centrality of the public good, an essential step toward the collective action necessary for combating our current constitutional and ecological crises?

Rage and Beauty: Celebrating Complexity, Democracy, and the Humanities
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Rage and Beauty: Celebrating Complexity, Democracy, and the Humanities

By Robert D. Newman / March 12, 2019

Adapted from a keynote address given at North Carolina Central University, Robert D. Newman’s essay on

Saving the Humanities and Ben Franklin’s Ass
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Saving the Humanities and Ben Franklin’s Ass

By Robert D. Newman / October 22, 2018

How should humanities institutions and practitioners respond to ongoing challenges to their value and significance?

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