Practicing the Humanities: Amanda Anderson at TEDxBrownUniversity

In this smart and engaging talk, Amanda Anderson makes a powerful case for the distinctive value of the humanities.

About Amanda Anderson:
Professor Amanda Anderson is a literary scholar and theorist who has written on nineteenth-century literature and culture, as well as on contemporary debates in the humanities. She is the director of an interdisciplinary summer institute, The School of Criticism and Theory, which is currently hosted by Cornell University, and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and English at Brown University. See her full bio and learn more about this event at the TEDxBrownUniversity website (http://brown.edu/tedx/).

About TEDx:
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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