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Panel Discussion: Planning Inclusive Futures: The Next Decade of the Humanities

April 4, 2023

The future seems increasingly dire—authoritarianism surging around the globe; accelerating ravages from climate change; deepening political, economic, and cultural divides. Can the humanities help us resolve these challenges and forge a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world? Panelists ask these questions and others as they ponder what the next ten years hold for the humanities and for us all.

  • Amitav Ghosh, author, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
  • Shelly Lowe, Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy, Duke University
  • Robert D. Newman, President and Director, National Humanities Center