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Welcome to the Villanova Center for Liberal Education Website
VCLE and Political Science Awarded NEH Grant on “Enduring Questions”
The VCLE is home to the Augustine and Culture Seminar
(ACS) – a central part of the first-year experience for all Villanova
students. In ACS, first-year students are introduced to a rich cultural heritage
of excellence, wisdom, and beauty, through such writers as Homer and
Shakespeare, to Descartes, Darwin, and the distinguished thinkers of our own
time.
The Center also serves as a resource and gathering place for all Villanova
faculty interested in interdisciplinary teaching and research. To this end, the
VCLE sponsors a number of initiatives including:
• Expositions: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities
• The Birmingham Lunch workshops, an
on-going conversation across the arts and sciences on
faculty research
• The Barbieri Lecture series, featuring
VCLE faculty research
• The First-Year Learning Communities initiative in conjunction with the Office
for Student Life
• The
Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation book series
• The ACS cultural event series
for first-year students
• Yearly
faculty workshops on teaching interdisciplinary texts in the humanities
• International conferences on topics in the humanities
For more information on the Villanova Center for Liberal Education, please
contact John A. Doody, Ph.D., Director of the Center, at 610.519.7325; Fax
610.519.5410.
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