Student Symposia

Since 2007, GLS programs on the West Coast have gathered each summer at symposia for the presentation of student and alumni papers. Participating programs have included Dominican University of California, Marylhurst University, Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, Reed College, San Diego State University, Simon Fraser University, Stanford University, University of Southern California, and Maastricht University-Netherlands. 

Learn more about the 2012 West Coast Symposium: http://dornsife.usc.edu/2012-gls-symposium/ and the experiences of GLS students and alumni: http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/1203/usc-dornsifes-master-of-liberal-studies-program-hosts-internatio/ and http://mla.stanford.edu/students-present-2012-gls-symposium

Symposia are also being held in the MidWest, South, and East Coast regions. Georgetown University has been hosting the East Coast symposium: //scs.georgetown.edu/departments/9/master-of-arts-in-liberal-studies/article.cfm?eid=512 

Student-centered, these symposia have been well-received by programs, students, and alumni as an effective and stimulating way to foster scholarship, offer students and alumni presentation opportunities, recognize outstanding student work, and build community among GLS students, alumni, and faculty across programs. 

While not an AGLSP initiative, the Association supports these symposia and posts information on this page. In addition, the AGLSP will be adding a chapter on student symposia to the Director’s Guidebook. To learn more about the value to your program of hosting or participating in a regional symposium and for advice on how to present one, contact the Association (info@aglsp.org) for the contact information of past symposium hosts.

 

2013 Symposia:

Midwestern Graduate Liberal Studies Conference — April 6, 2013
Love of Learning as a Survival Skill

2013 East Coast Graduate Liberal Studies Conference — June 14-15, 2013
Since 2010, the Graduate Liberal Studies programs at Georgetown University have hosted asymposium for the presentation of student and alumni papers. In addition to being an effective and stimulating way to foster scholarship, the East Coast Conference allows for students and alumni presentation opportunities, recognizes outstanding student work, and builds community among Graduate Liberal Studies students, alumni, and faculty from programs across the East Coast.

The East Coast Conference is now accepting academic papers for this year’s conference. More information.

2013 West Coast GLS Symposium — June 21-23, 2013
The seventh annual symposium for students, alumni, faculty and friends of West Coast GLS programs will be June 21-23, 2013, hosted by Dominican University of California in San Rafael, California. The symposium will open with a reception on Friday evening and will feature panels of student and alumni presentations on Saturday and Sunday morning. Rooms in campus housing will be available for symposium participants at approximately $100 a night (about $85 for a double), which also will include some meals at the cafeteria.

For more information about submitting papers and the symposium agenda, please contact your GLS program director or Martin Anderson at martin.anderson@dominican.edu.

 

 

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