21st-Century Humanities Ph.D. Symposium: Concluding Panel

What it means to pursue a Ph.D. in the humanities has changed significantly in recent decades as a result of transformations in the disciplines and conditions affecting the careers and lives of doctoral students. Bringing these two aspects of the current situation in relation to one another, this symposium aims to further existing discussions of the challenges and opportunities of graduate education in the humanities.
The symposium features humanities educators and doctoral students exploring questions relating to the values and objectives of doctoral programs; the ways attention to historically marginalized people and topics has transformed disciplines; the function of common courses or canons; the role of interdisciplinary programs, internships, and community engagement; and the shapes that doctoral scholarship should be allowed or encouraged to take.
Discussion and Q&A with Clifford Ando (University of Chicago), George Sánchez (University of Southern California), Ralina Joseph (University of Washington), Kathryn Lofton (Yale University), Jean Allman (Washington University in St. Louis), and Christopher Newfield (Independent Social Research Foundation)
Moderator: Thomas A. Lewis (Brown University)
Clifford Ando’s presentation, “Classics, the Classical Canon, and the 21st-Century Ph.D.”: • “Classics, the Classic...
George Sánchez’s presentation, “Pushing a ‘Wider Public’ into Training for Public History”: • “Pushing a ‘Wider Publ...
Ralina Joseph’s presentation, “Radical Listening to Re-Envision the Ph.D.”: • “Radical Listening to ...
Kathryn Lofton’s presentation, “What We Have Here Is a Relationship Problem: On the Challenge of Reforming the Humanities”: • Video
Jean Allman’s presentation, “Communities and Cohorts: Re-Designing the Humanities Ph.D. Through the Studiolab”: • “Communities and Cohor...
Christopher Newfield’s presentation, “The Coming Revival of Humanities Graduate Programs”: • “The Coming Revival of...
Symposium playlist: • The 21st-Century Human...
Recorded on April 8, 2022. Presented by the Cogut Institute for the Humanities.