The Arts and Humanities. Professor Raymond Geuss

On 25 February 2011, a group of eminent researchers who work in arts and humanities disciplines in universities around the UK gathered in Cambridge for a conference called "The Arts and Humanities: Endangered Species?" In light of the present funding reforms to Higher Education, each was asked to give a seven minute talk about why the arts and humanities matter and what cultural and social benefits these subjects bring. Some stressed their contribution to self-knowledge and the ability and freedom to ask questions; others on the dangers of the current reforms and the threat they pose to British higher education as a whole. The films in this playlist offer YouTube viewers a chance to hear what each of them had to say.

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"Institutionally distinct." That is the real problem no? That since WWII Universities and governments have become indistinguishable. Open discussion has become a rare and precious thing that we have to fight for at every turn. Maybe it was always that way? It is just that in moments when pressures force things, it becomes more obvious.