Author: Julia Pascal Since 2008 I have been teaching freshmen. Writing is mandatory and my class often includes those who already believe that they have no talent for it. I…
Published December 5, 2016 by am2759
Published November 14, 2016 by am2759
Authors: Brian Culver • Nancy Reale We have seen from many years of experience teaching a complex and demanding set of core humanities courses that deal with the verbal, visual, and…
Published October 24, 2016 by am2759
Author: Mahnaz Yousefzadeh Beginning with contemporary evocations of the notion of dignity within international institutions (the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), bioethics (stem-cell research and end-of-life care), and socio-economics (the Indignant…
Published September 26, 2016 by am2759
Author: Kevin Bonney Liberal Studies courses provide many opportunities to illustrate the dynamic and collaborative nature of science and examine connections between science and other disciplines. For example, teaching the…
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Published September 12, 2016 by am2759
Author: Eliya Ribak In last summer’s Liberal Studies symposium in London, I was inspired by one of the sessions to add a London cultural exploration project. I wanted students to…
Published August 29, 2016 by am2759
Author: John Rogove This presentation involves thinking about the connection between the uses of anonymous online sources and information gathering in students’ writing and research, and what it means for…
Published May 2, 2016 by am2759
Authors: Brendan Hogan • Philip Kain On June 30th and July 1st, 2015, Liberal Studies held a symposium in London, bringing together instructors from nine NYU sites around the globe to exchange…
Published April 18, 2016 by am2759
Author: Peter Diamond Teaching intellectual history from a global perspective requires, at a minimum, transcending national or regional boundaries. But what else might a global perspective entail? Adding non-Western works…
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Published April 4, 2016 by am2759
Authors: Philip Kain • Roberta Newman On June 30th and July 1st, 2015, Liberal Studies held a symposium in London, bringing together instructors from nine NYU sites around the globe to…
Published March 21, 2016 by am2759
Author: Sean Eve The Problem of Context Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, YouTube: these are not simply among the dominant expressive outlets of our culture, they represent communicative technologies that have superseded…