{"id":7296,"date":"2013-11-06T16:58:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T21:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beginnersheart\/?p=7296"},"modified":"2013-11-06T16:58:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T21:58:22","slug":"the-proper-study-of-human-beings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/2013\/11\/the-proper-study-of-human-beings.html","title":{"rendered":"the proper study of human beings&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/239\/2013\/11\/national-humanities-conference.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7297 aligncenter\" alt=\"national humanities conference\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/239\/2013\/11\/national-humanities-conference.jpg\" width=\"412\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I&#8217;m going to Birmingham tomorrow! And my posts &#8212; if I break free to make them \ud83d\ude42 &#8212; will be from there for the next few days. I have the IMMENSE good fortune to be part of the Oklahoma delegation to the National Humanities Conference this year. How cool is THAT?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">And to be going to Birmingham, this anniversary year, the city where so much civil rights history has been made&#8230;wow. How humbling. Speakers, sessions, activities&#8230; they all sound like the best possible history lessons. For someone whose master&#8217;s focused in part on African American literature, to get to see Nikki Giovanni, for instance&#8230; Another big WOW!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">It&#8217;s Alexander Pope who said <em>the proper study of mankind is man<\/em>. I don&#8217;t think even cranky Pope would mind me being a tad more inclusive with his epigram ~ <em>The proper study of humankind is the humanities.<\/em> Medicine, history, literature, philosophy, film, scholarly research&#8230; The humanities are a rich s<cite>m\u00f6rg\u00e5sbord<\/cite>\u200e of human endeavour. And I get to spend a three-day weekend immersed in them!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">So check back over the next couple days. I promise you a ringside seat to what I learn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m going to Birmingham tomorrow! And my posts &#8212; if I break free to make them \ud83d\ude42 &#8212; will be from there for the next few days. I have the IMMENSE good fortune to be part of the Oklahoma delegation to the National Humanities Conference this year. How cool is THAT? 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