Hans Adriaansens Student Awards 2022
For LAS students: 1. Let us remind you about the approaching deadline for Hans Adriaansens Student Awards (HASA) on May 15, 2022. This Year the focus is on (re)building student communities on
ECOLAS Manifesto on the Crisis of Bachelor Degree in Europe
Dear friends and colleagues, fellow educators, The European Consortium of Liberal Arts and Sciences (ECOLAS) has just published a Manifesto about the "Crisis of Bachelor Degree education in Europe and
Call for Applications for the second round of THE 2021/2022 Julie Johnson Kidd Fellowship
Dear colleagues, ECOLAS is announcing the Call for Applications for the second round of THE 2021/2022 Julie Johnson Kidd Fellowship. Please apply and/or distribute this announcement. We believe that the Liberal
Hans Adriaansens Student Awards
Please distribute amongst your students: Dear LAS students, Your generation has a great deal of hope but also concerns for the future of our societies. While you have a deep
ECOLAS
The European Consortium for Liberal Arts and Sciences (ECOLAS) offers a number of interesting opportunities to students and faculty members, such as student awards, travel grants, and collaborative teaching scholarships.
Invitation to write a book review
UCANN is looking for members who are willing to write a book review for the website. Currently the book reviews are published here: https://ucann.nl/blog In the future, we envision a
Invention: The Art of the Liberal Arts. A Review
J. Scott Lee (2020) Invention: The Art of the Liberal Arts. Santa Fe: Respondeo Books. A review by Emma Cohen de Lara J. Scott Lee’s Invention: The Art of the
Experts are Not Enough: Liberal Arts and Sciences, the UC Movement, and the Corona Crisis
There is an old story originating on the Indian subcontinent usually referred to as the Blind Men and the Elephant. My Dean likes to refer to it in her talks
What is Liberal Arts and Sciences Education?
Liberal Arts education derives its name from the Latin artes liberales, the knowledge and skills (artes) required to become a free (liber) person capable of thinking, judging and acting independently. Rooted
What is research in the LAS context?
Many UC's have been founded as teaching institutions. However, in order to maintain the teaching - research nexus in an academic environment, many core faculty members are dedicating themselves to