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International Conference on the Liberal Arts:
LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD The Next 100 Years of Liberal Arts–Confronting the Challenges SEPTEMBER 30–OCTOBER 2, 2010 St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
MASTER SCHEDULE TIME
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
5:00 PM
REGISTRATION Kinsella Auditorium McCain Hall, St. Thomas University
7:00 PM
OPENING WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
7:00 PM 9:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Henry Giroux, Beyond Bailouts: Rethinking the Neoliberal Subject Higher Education Kinsella Auditorum, McCain Hall FINE ARTS PRESENTATION RECEPTION, CONTINUED
TIME
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
8:15 AM
REGISTRATION / COFFEE Sir James Dunn Hall St. Thomas University
9:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Philip McShane, Liberal Arts: the Heart of Future Science Kinsella Auditorum, McCain Hall
10:30 AM
NUTRITION BREAK
11:00 AM 11:00 AM 11:45 AM
11:45 AM
Cathy Holtmann, et al Exploring the Role and Influence of Catholic Feminism on the Liberal Arts Campus
12:30 PM
Andrew Moore Facebook, Performance and Pedagogy
Dave Snow & Mark Harding Changes in a Modern Liberal Education and the Implications for Liberal Democracy
Mitchell Peters Global Perspectives in Education
Huw Osborne Cocked and ready
Colm Kelly Derrida in the University, or the liberal arts in deconstruction
David K. Heckerl Learning Between Progress & Tradition
Malama Tsimenis Shaping liberally educated citizens in the era of professional specialization
Shaunda Wood Hybrid Technologies for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Krista Pearson Exploring whiteness and the role of anti-racist education in liberal arts
Janice McKendrick New Age, New Direction
12:30 PM
LUNCH
1:30 PM
Michael Da Silva Law and the Liberal Arts – A Joint Venture?
1:30 PM
Hugh Williams Confronting the Challenge of St. University’s Catholic Character
Jonathan Bayley & Terry Sefton The performing professor
Claire Polster The Future of the Liberal Arts in the Increasingly Managed University
John Thorp What are the Liberal Arts?
William L. Randall The Advantages of a Liberal Arts Environment for Exploring the Narrative Nature of Human Life
3:00 PM
John Valk Religion and the University of New Brunswick
Lynda Ross The possibilities for e-liberal arts
Richard Kurial Back from the Abyss
John Ozolins Liberal Arts, generic skills and the aims of education
Gert Morgenstern & Heather Stephens Lifelong Learning in the Liberal Arts
3:00 PM
NUTRITION BREAK
Redden et al Stories of Dialogue: Collaborative Reflections from Directors of Free Humanities Programs
Carey Watt World History, the Liberal Arts and Globalization
Emery J. Hyslop-Margison The Decline and Fall of Democratic Learning
Susan Machum & Michael Clow Aiding and abetting a liberal arts education
Jean Wilson Rediscovering the Relevance of Literary Studies
Alekhya Das Walking the tightrope
Robin Lathangue Disenchantment and the Liberal Arts
Alan Hall Teaching Students How to Think
Thomas Mengel Accountability and Accreditation
2:15 PM
2:15 PM
Fred Mason Losing Ground in the Run Towards Science: The Liberal Arts and Social Sciences in Kinesiology Janice Newson Abiding Visions of the University
3:30 PM 3:30 PM 4:15 PM
4:15 PM 5:00 PM
Susan Ryan Allowing for the Moral Debate
Jazmin Llana & Ramonclaro Mendez Liberal arts in the post-colony
5:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 6:45 PM 6:45 PM 9:30 PM
RECEPTION Delta Hotel
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Ronald Wright, The Future of the Past: Escaping the Parochialism of the Present
BANQUET Delta Hotel
TIME
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2
8:15 AM
REGISTRATION / COFFEE Sir James Dunn Hall St. Thomas University
9:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:30 AM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS Dorothy Smith, Thinking it Through: Retaining Critical Thinking and Social Conscience Kinsella Auditorum, McCain Hall
10:30 AM
NUTRITION BREAK
11:00 AM 11:00 AM
Ian Brodie Folklore and the Liberal Arts
Ted Newell Was Durkheim right? The worldview of a classical literary curriculum
Panel
Gayle MacDonald & Anne-Drea Allison “Rosie the Riveter” or Ross the Researcher?
Narasimha Nelemav Impact of Liberal Arts on the Personality of an Individual: An Indian Perspective
William Forestall The Potential of Fine Arts Studio Courses in a Traditional Arts Program Observations, Experience and Promise
Phil Davison Between dissonance and grace
Peter Buker The "Rhythm if Education" Redux
Dianne Miller Excellence as an achievement of contemplation
Zsuzsanna SzaboNyarady Dance and the Liberal Arts
3:00 PM
Itai Sneh Students Integrity Challenged by the Internet, Professional Innovation Preempts
Jason Lee MacKinnon Caging the Animal
Josephine Savarese Sentencing the Gangsta Sacer
3:00 PM
NUTRITION BREAK
11:45 AM
12:30 PM
Chris Lyons Reviewing the Social, Political, and Economic Context of the 2007 Advantage
12:30 PM
LUNCH
11:45 AM
Old Wine in New Bottles: Revisiting the Traditional Liberal Arts
Anne Bailey Winning Public Support: Strategies for Effective Communications in the Liberal Arts
1:30 PM 1:30 PM 2:15 PM
2:15 PM
3:30 PM 3:30 PM 5:30 PM
CLOSING PLENARY Panel – The Economics of the University CLOSING COMMENTS Kinsella Auditorium, McCain Hall
Elizabeth Dawes Diversity, Retention and the First Year Curriculum
G. Lilford The Liberal Arts in Anglophone Africa