In the FIEld: A podcast from FIE
FIE provides life-changing study abroad experiences in the UK, Ireland and Spain. As a non-profit educational organization, we are passionately invested in making a difference for our students as the future global leaders of tomorrow and the field of international education as a whole. The FIE podcast shares industry insights and original research as well as best practices for internships, academics, leadership, and international mobility. Plus some insider tips on making the most of your semester abroad from our resident experts – our faculty, students and our FIE team in the FIEld!
In the FIEld: A podcast from FIE
Episode Five: Why Studying the Humanities is Vital: In the FIEld with Ramzi Fawaz
In this episode I speak again to brilliant scholar and critic Ramzi Fawaz, this time we discuss why studying the humanities teaches vital skills and how learning to interpret and negotiate with differing perspectives produces not just creative and reflective students but better democratic citizens. We also talk about the teaching practices Ramzi uses in class to foster student resilience, curiosity and emotional regulation and how this impacts us all across all disciplines and subjects.
Ramzi is a Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he currently holds a Romnes Faculty Fellowship for advanced research in the humanities. He is the author of two monographs, including The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics (2016), which won the ASAP book prize, and Queer Forms (2022). Fawaz is currently at work on a new book project titled Literary Theory on Acid: Reading for Diversity in the Psychedelic Era, which argues for the necessity of literary and cultural studies approaches to the contemporary psychedelic renaissance.