In Everyone's Interests

Panel discussion on what it means to invest in the humanities The
opening event of The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
(TORCH)'s 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.