Introduction : challenging (the) humanities

Tony Bennett

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    Abstract

    I hesitated, when first considering how to approach rhe topic for the Academy's 2012 symposium, beMeen two interpretations of the title I had in mind. The first-and my initial intention-was to focus on the challenges presented by the rapidly changing institutional, funding and policy environments in which humanities scholars work. Changing fee structures; volatile patterns of student enrolment; research assessment procedures; and, as a relatively new kid on the governmental block, the looming horizons of research impact assessment: these questions were very much on the Academy's agenda during the lead up to the symposium and irs immediate aftermath. They informed a joint workshop with the British Academy, that was convened in Melbourne shortly before the symposium, to consider how best to engage creatively with research impact agendas, and they informed a public forum the Academy held at the National Library in Canberra in early 2013 to discuss the relations between research impact and research assessment regimes. 1 They are also issues that would have lent themselves to the double register-of the challenges both being faced, and being issued by, the humanities-that I wanted to catch in my title.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationChallenging (the) Humanities
    EditorsTony Bennett
    Place of PublicationNorth Melbourne, Vic.
    PublisherAustralian Academy of the Humanities
    Pagesix-xxv
    Number of pages7
    ISBN (Print)9781925003468
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

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