Seasons of Creativity

This post was written by Cherice Montgomery, a Humanities Center faculty fellow.   Seasons of Creativity My research focuses on the nature and design of compelling learning experiences. I am especially interested in creating immersive learning environments that put language learners into flow, or a state of such deep attention and personal enjoyment that both …

For the Holidays, When My Beloved Relatives Demand a Defense of the Humanities

This post was written by Ivy Griffiths, a Humanities Center student fellow.   In our ever-future-oriented society, choosing to study the humanities over a STEM alternative is often seen as a less productive option. If you wanted to do something of “real importance”, you would choose something that could advance the economy or build new …

What Arnold Bennett Taught Me About Being a Literary Fraud

This post was written by Gabbie Schwartz, a Humanities Center student fellow and the BYU Humanities Center Intern.    “They are secretly ashamed of their ignorance of literature, in the same way as they would be ashamed of their ignorance of etiquette at a high entertainment, or of their inability to ride a horse if …

In Defense of the (Digital) Humanities

This post was written by Emma Belnap, a Humanities Center student fellow.   A couple of weeks ago, one of my professors asked us to read Sophie Raux’s article “Virtual Explorations of an 18th-Century Art Market Space: Gersaint, Watteau, and the Pont Notre-Dame”. I was captivated by this piece, most especially Raux’s methodology—she and her …