What Are the "Enduring Questions" of Life?

by Judith H. Dobrzynski  •  Jun 19, 2009 at 8:05 am
Cross-posted from ArtsJournal.com

http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/2009/06/what-are-the-enduring-questions-of-life

Back in early May, writing about the way humanities are viewed nowadays here, I mentioned that the National Endowment for the Humanities had started a program called "Enduring Questions," offering grants of up to $25,000 (and said I'd return to the subject). Here's what it aimed to do:

Enduring Questions [is] a new grant program that encourages faculty and undergraduate students to grapple with the most fundamental concerns of the humanities by reading influential thinkers past and present.

The winners -- 20 colleges in 15 states for a total of $478,677 -- are creating pilot courses and were announced this week.

So what are the "Enduring Questions"?

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