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Schuylkill: Liberal Arts in Transition - Harmony and Discord Across Disciplines

April 7, 2001

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Humanities

Host: Temple University, Tuttleman Learning Center
Homepage: http://www.temple.edu/gradmag
Email: gradmag@astro.temple.edu

Description:
As we in academia march dutifully into the new millennium, the boundaries that once divided our areas of study have begun to fade noticeably. Universities frequently conflate once-separate History, Literature, and Philosophy courses into semester-long seminars in "The Humanities." English departments have co-opted numerous other disciplines, including psychology, sociology, linguistics, and ecology; some claim English departments have even abandoned literature. This conference will address both the problems and benefits of blurring the boundaries among the liberal arts. The liberal arts have much to offer each other, but at what cost?

Papers and panels illuminating any aspect of this theme are invited to be delivered at the fifth annual conference of Schuylkill, a scholarly organization dedicated to bringing together graduate students from a variety of regional institutions and departments.

Date received: November 21, 2000


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