ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book argues that the humanities in Brazil are just starting a process of consolidation after years of instability of educational policies and volatility of academic programmes. It analyses data on graduate employment and earnings in Egypt and found that humanities graduates are highly dependent on the public sector for employment, principally as teachers. The book addresses a crisis in humanities research: in the 1950s through the 1970s, French scholars in the humanities and social sciences enjoyed international recognition and were prominent in public life. It also addresses the purported Japanese Government directive for national universities to eliminate humanities and social science programmes. The book discusses several definitions of the humanities that have been used by government agencies in Mexico to document the humanities.
