LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD

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