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The Transylvania Seminar

Schedule

 

 

Thursday, July 28
Welcoming reception will begin at 6:30 p.m.
   Plenary

Geometry, Space, and the Liberal Arts

   Session Donal O'Shea, Elizabeth T. Kennan Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Mt. Holyoke College
   
Friday, July 29
   Session 1 The Historical Evolution of the Concept of Liberal Education
   Session 2 The Classical Tradition in the Twentieth Century: Robert Maynard Hutchins
   Session 3 The Rival Tradition: John Dewey
   Session 4 The Classical Tradition Redux: Allan Bloom
   
Saturday, July 30
   Session 5 The Purpose of Liberal Education: Varieties of Individual Development
   Session 6

The Purposes of Liberal Education: Varieties of Individual Development

   Session 7 The Varieties of General Education: Beyond Distributional Requirements
   Session 8

Modernizing Liberal Education

   Plenary

Is a Liberal Arts College Education a Luxury Good?

   Session Cecilia A. Conrad, Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics, Vice President and Dean of the College, Pomona College
   
Sunday, July 31
   Session 9 The Value of Useless Education
   Session 10

The Future of Liberal Education

   Seminar will conclude at 11:30 a.m.
   

Seminar coordinator and director of the Center for Liberal Education at Transylvania University:
   Jeffrey B. Freyman, professor of political science