Where the Humanities Are Not in Crisis

Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera discusses the systemic inequities in who gets to define the “crisis” in literary studies....

Where the Humanities Are Not in Crisis Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera discusses the systemic inequities in who gets to define the “crisis” in literary studies. By Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera June 16, 2023 Education Did you know LARB is a reader-supported nonprofit? LARB publishes daily without a paywall as part of our mission to make rigorous, incisive, and engaging writing on every aspect of literature, culture, and the arts freely accessible to the public. Help us continue this work with your tax-deductible donation today! Donate SINCE NYU PROFESSOR John Guillory’s book Professing Criticism: Essays on the Or

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