In Everyone's Interests - the highlights

Panel discussion on what it means to invest in the humanities The
opening event of The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities'
headline series, The Humanities and the Public Good, bringing
together leading scholars from the arts and sciences and beyond to
consider the role of the Humanities in addressing contemporary
challenges. A round-table discussion introduced by Andrew Hamilton,
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and chaired by
Professor Shearer West, Head of Humanities Division at the
University of Oxford. The event begins with a short presentation by
Dr Earl Lewis, President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, called
In Everyone’s Interests: What it Means to Invest in the Humanities,
followed by responses from, and a round-table discussion involving,
one of the UK’s most eminent scientists, the chief arts writer from
the Guardian, a renowned author and the director of a higher
education policy think tank.