Eugene Stelzig (ΦBK, University of Pennsylvania, 1965), who has occasionally served as a translator of German works, tackles his most ambitious project, Goethe’s Faust.
Due to the unique relationship theater has with science, it is well suited to tackle the personal responsibilities and moral quandaries of science in the modern world.
Ashley Bell (ΦBK, Yale University, 2006) speaks five languages fluently and has performed as a solo artist in the United States, Italy, Spain, France and Russia.
Creighton University Professor Jeffrey Hause was named Nebraska’s 2015 U.S. Professor of the Year, the third winner from Creighton in as many years.
Patricia Yoritomo reflects on how her liberal arts education and her love of learning led her to serve with Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education.
By pairing formal educational and life experience, commencement speeches offer an inspiring defense of the liberal arts.
The growing interest in liberal arts programs in Asian countries values the style of education for its emphasis on adaptability and personal development.
ΦBK Writing Intern Hania Mariën, a Willamette University student studying in Belgium, reflects on the March 2 terrorist attacks and reminds us of the dangers of the “single story.”
Three ΦBK members spoke at the “1776” themed conference on Great Books and Ideas at Mercer University’s Center for America’s Founding Principles this spring.
James Turner received the 2015 Christian Gauss Award for Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities (Princeton University Press, 2014).
Regardless of any agreement (or lack thereof) on one set of “great books,” the idea of a literary canon still informs the ways we learn and engage with literature.
“My ΦBK affiliation has brought with it access to a community of individuals that are very dedicated to liberal education in the arts and sciences…
