Geoffrey Galt Harpham is president and director of the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, the only institute for advanced study in the world dedicated exclusively to the humanities.
Among his many books are On the Grotesque: Strategies of Contradiction in Art and Literature( 1982); Shadows of Ethics: Criticism and the Just Society( 1999); and Language Alone: The Critical Fetish of Modernity( 2002). His longstanding scholarly interests include the role of ethics in literary study, the place of language in intellectual history, and the work of Joseph Conrad. He has collaborated with M. H. Abrams on A Glossary of Literary Terms, now in its tenth edition.
In recent years, he has become a prominent historian of and advocate for the humanities; The Humanities and the Dream of America appeared in 2011. Under his leadership, the National Humanities Center has sponsored initiatives that have encouraged dialogue between the humanities and the natural and social sciences. Read More.
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Going on the Offensive: Advocating for the Humanities
Geoffrey Galt Harpham, National Humanities Center
Geoffrey Galt Harpham is president and director of the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, the only institute for advanced study in the world dedicated exclusively to the humanities.
Among his many books are On the Grotesque: Strategies of Contradiction in Art and Literature( 1982); Shadows of Ethics: Criticism and the Just Society( 1999); and Language Alone: The Critical Fetish of Modernity( 2002). His longstanding scholarly interests include the role of ethics in literary study, the place of language in intellectual history, and the work of Joseph Conrad. He has collaborated with M. H. Abrams on A Glossary of Literary Terms, now in its tenth edition.
In recent years, he has become a prominent historian of and advocate for the humanities; The Humanities and the Dream of America appeared in 2011. Under his leadership, the National Humanities Center has sponsored initiatives that have encouraged dialogue between the humanities and the natural and social sciences. Read More.