A Message for Humanities PhDs

by Mark Bauerlein

These classical schools are happy places. Humanities departments in higher ed are not.  Continue Reading »

27 Feb 2023

A Restless Mind, In Search of Truth

by Paul Seaton

Peter Augustine Lawler died on May 23 at the relatively young age of 65, but he died in the hope of the Risen One and lives on in the lives he touched. Continue Reading »

30 May 2017

Can Conservatives be at Home on Campus?

by Christopher J. Scalia

The complications of being a conservative in the academy. Should your conservatism be open or hidden? And what of the provocative call for “affirmative action” for conservatives? Continue Reading »

6 Oct 2016

Final Advice for the Untenured Conservative Humanist

by Mark Bauerlein

Part 3, SERVICE. When you join a committee, you either make your colleagues' workdays easier or make them harder. If the latter, they will remember the fact and it may very well come up at tenure time. Continue Reading »

14 Jul 2016

More Advice For the Untenured Conservative Humanist

by Mark Bauerlein

Part 2: TEACHING. Sage-on-the-stage, the flipped classroom? No need for that. Just avoid a few crucial missteps. Plus: How to raise your students’ grades without inflating them. Continue Reading »

17 Jun 2016

Some Advice
For the Untenured
Conservative Humanist

by Mark Bauerlein

Tenure recommendations for humanities professors have three parts: research, teaching, service. If you are an untenured humanities who is also a religious or social conservative, the bar is set higher for you. I will be offering advice for each category. First, RESEARCH. Continue Reading »

10 Jun 2016