ACTC Liberal Arts Institute at Saint Mary’s College of California
University of Notre Dame
Tentative Agenda
Unless otherwise noted, all sessions will be held in the Notre Dame Conference Center (McKenna Hall)
June 9, Sunday: Arrival. Hotel reservations at Inn at St. Mary’s
6-6:45 PM Reception Dining Room
6:45- 8:00 PM Dinner Dining Room
8:00 PM Plenary Address: Bruce Kimball, Ohio State University, “The Declension Narrative, the Liberal Arts College, and the Research University.” - Auditorium
Monday, June 10:
7:00-8:30 Breakfast. Inn at St. Mary’s
8:45-9:45 Plenary panel: “Conceptualizing Education”: Roosevelt Montás, Columbia University,
“By Order of the God: The College, the Research University, and the Humanist Vocation”; Phillip R. Sloan, University of Notre Dame, "Why Should We Maintain the Centrality of Liberal Education in a Research University?" John Seery; “Conceptualizing Education from a SLAC (and Maybe General) Point-of-view” -- Auditorium
10:00-11:00 Breakout sessions to discuss Kimball’s plenary address and the Plenary panel speeches (Rooms 100, 102, 104, 112, 114)
11:15-12:00 Plenary comment session by breakout groups in response to plenary address and panel speakers. - Auditorium
12:15-1:00 Lunch – Dining Room
1:15-2:00 Plenary Speaker, Mark Roche, University of Notre Dame, “Challenges and Strategies in Realizing the Liberal Arts at a Research University.” - Auditorium
2:15-3:15 Plenary Panel: “Liberal Education in the Research University.” Norma Thompson, Yale University, “Reconsidering Plato’s Republic as Socratic Seminar;” Wilfred McClay, University of Tennessee, "From Core to Periphery to Back Again"; John Churchill, Phi Beta Kappa, “Liberal Arts (Education) and the Research University--Issues and Prospects” – Auditorium
3:30-4:30 Breakout sessions to discuss Roche’s plenary address and the plenary panel speeches (Rooms 100, 102, 104, 112, 114)
4:45-5:30 Plenary comment session by breakout groups in response to plenary address and panel speakers. - Auditorium
7:00 Dinner Oak Room, South Dining Hall
Tuesday, June 11:
7:00-8:15 Breakfast. Inn at St. Mary’s
8:30-9:00 Plenary Speaker, Eva Brann, St. John’s College,“Do Colleges Have Something to Offer Universities Concerning Liberal Education?” - Auditorium
9:15-10:15 Plenary Panel: “Liberal Arts in the College”: Bainard Cowan, the University of Dallas, “Liberal Education in the College;” David Neidorf, Deep Springs College, “Scholarly Specialization and Liberal Arts Education: How Not to Read the Symposium”; Anne Leavitt, Quest University, “What’s Going On? On Leaving the Marsupial Pouch” – Auditorium
10:30-11:30 Breakout sessions on plenary address and the plenary panel speeches (Rooms 100, 102, 104, 112, 114)
11:45-12:30 Plenary comment session by breakout groups in response to plenary address and panel speakers - Auditorium
12:45-1:30 Lunch - Dining Room
1:45-2:30 Hugh Page, University of Notre Dame, "Contemplation, Engagement, and the Soul of the First Year Experience" - Auditorium
2:45-3:30 Plenary Panel: “The Future of the Liberal Arts Tradition in the Research University and the College”: Cheung Chan-fai, Chinese University of Hong Kong “From Distribution to Dialogue 2013; Richard Kamber, College of New Jersey, "Teaching, Research, Community, and the Cost of Education;" J. Scott Lee, ACTC -- Enriching Liberal Education’s Defense in Universities and Colleges: Liberal Arts, Innovation, and Techne -- Auditorium
3:30-3:45 Concluding remarks. Auditorium
6:30 Dinner at downtown restaurant, to be determined.
ACTC’s Liberal Arts Institute and the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Scholarship have sponsored this conference. Our thanks to Felcitas Munzel, Huge Page, and Phil Sloan for their effort in writing the grant that secured ND’s Institute’s support.