The Future of the Humanities: A Talk and Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson

Heather Cox Richardson, Professor of History at Boston College, delivers the annual Thomas More Lecture in the Humanities. Then, she joins President Vincent D. Rougeau and Provost Elliott Visconsi '95 for a conversation about the future of humanities.
Richardson's newsletter Letters from an American chronicles today's political landscape and boasts over 1.3 million subscribers. She has written seven books, most recently New York Times Bestseller Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America.
This lecture took place on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at the College of the Holy Cross.

[lindagarland]

We are fortunate to live in this time with Heather Cox Richardson!

She asked..."Are you still with me?"...My answer is:

I hung on every word and took notes!❤

[emead]

I look for her email every morning. Thank you, ma’am.

[sheribee]

Thank you for speaking of the joy of
learning to argue ideas in the arena
of free thought and mutual respect🎉

[lindagarland]

I see healing of our Country's collective mental health by bringing back an emphasis on Liberal Arts and The Humanities!!!!

[otulifua]

Glad to have this pop up on my YouTube notifications. My college humanities class had me questioning much of the values i grew up with but opened up so much more of how different cultures viewed their worlds. This is another thought provoking session with HCR. Thanks for shari ng!

[juliecarlson]

Thank you for this informative, receptive, congenial discussion.

[reader]

It seems very odd to me that Richardson mentions the 1776 project, a very brief effort of the Trump administration, but does not mention the much larger effort that caused it, that is, the 1619 project. She does allude to it and, correctly in my view, criticizes it.

[jacqueline]

William F Buckley was preaching in the 50's. Boy, has it taken a LONG time to Push Back!!

[ClareBoyd-fc]

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[paulwiggins]

Putting "' in God we trust "' on the money is not explicit rejection of divine governance. It's more like the founding fathers had their fingers crossed ... behind their backs. Not that these men weren't doing their best in their time.
Ms. Richardson is sort of the sturmbahnfuhrer of academic history. A bit tight.