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Brann, a senior faculty member at St. John\u2019s College in Annapolis, Md., will deliver a lecture, \u201cDangers to Liberal Education,\u201d Tuesday, January 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the William T. Young Campus Center. <b>The lecture is free and open to the public<\/b> and will be followed by a question and answer session.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/brann_eva.jpg\" width=\"145\" height=\"182\" class=\"imgBordersRight\" \/><br \/>\nBrann served as St. John\u2019s dean from 1990-97. St. John\u2019s is a liberal arts college known for its \u201cgreat books\u201d curriculum, in which all students follow the same course of study based on the reading and discussion of classic books of the Western tradition. <\/p>\n<p>\nBrann received the President\u2019s National Humanities Medal in 2005 and the Yale Alumni Association\u2019s Wilbur Cross Medal in 2006. She received a bachelor\u2019s degree in history from Brooklyn College and a master\u2019s in classics and a Ph.D. in archaeology from Yale University. Brann is the author of nine books and numerous book chapters and articles. Her 1979 book, \u201cParadoxes of Education in a Republic,\u201d provides an enlightening analysis of American education that places the recent debate on the means and ends of a liberal education in new perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe lecture is sponsored by the Center for Liberal Education at Transylvania and funded by the Bingham Program for Excellence in Teaching.<\/p>\n<p>\nFor more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120 or political science professor Jeffrey Freyman at (859) 233-8273.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Dr. Eva T. H. Brann, a senior faculty member at St. John\u2019s College in Annapolis, Md., will deliver a lecture, \u201cDangers to Liberal Education,\u201d Tuesday, January 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the William T. Young Campus Center. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be followed by a question and answer session. Brann served as St. John\u2019s dean from 1990-97. St. John\u2019s is a liberal arts college known for its \u201cgreat books\u201d curriculum, in which all students follow the same course of study based on the reading and discussion of classic books of the Western tradition. Brann received the President\u2019s National Humanities Medal in 2005 and the Yale Alumni Association\u2019s Wilbur Cross Medal in 2006. She received a bachelor\u2019s degree in history from Brooklyn College and a master\u2019s in classics and a Ph.D. in archaeology from Yale University. Brann is the author of nine books and numerous book chapters and articles. 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