Delmarva Today 3-26-21
This is a special one-hour edition of Delmarva Today. It is the second in the station’s three-part series on the Humanities and its contribution to culture in the United States. The first session reviewed the history and nature of the Humanities, how they became institutionalized, and how they helped define the identity of our country. This second segment discusses the crisis in the Humanities at the university level and in our national identity.
How did the cultural revolution of the 1960’s contribute to the new voices of the humanities we hear today, and who are these new voices? What are they saying to us about our national identity?
Are we in the throes of a struggle to redefine ourselves as a country? And if so, what role do the humanities play in that struggle?
To help answer these questions and others, Wilson's guests for this special session of Delmarva Today are three distinguished professors at Salisbury University: Dr. Adam Wood, professor in the English Department; Dr. Kara French, professor of history and Director of the University’s Gender Studies Program; and Dr. James King, professor in the English Department and developer of the African studies program at the University.