Professor Andy Horowitz (History), shares an op-ed he wrote for the Hearst newspapers in Connecticut about challenges facing universities and the importance of the humanities.
Andy Horowitz is an Associate Professor of History and also serves as the Connecticut State Historian. Broadly, his work is meant to help people think through problems that are often imagined to be without precedent. A scholar of the modern United States, his research focuses on disasters and the questions they give rise to about race, class, community, trauma, inequality, the welfare state, extractive industry, metropolitan development, and environmental change.
In each installment of Noted, members of the UConn community share voice notes about something they have taken particular note of recently. Notes can be recommendations, reviews, observations, tips, or commentary. Have you seen a movie recently you can’t stop thinking about? Did you come across a fascinating document while conducting research? Have some new thought about the place of the Humanities in the academy or in society? Want to share a note about it? Let us know!
