College celebrates fourth Experience Liberal Arts month
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Relationships, sustainability, politics, religion and art are some of the topics featured in nearly 50 events during Purdue University's Experience Liberal Arts month.
The celebration, which takes place in October and is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, celebrates the college's research and teaching in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
"Experience Liberal Arts month provides a wonderful opportunity for liberal arts faculty and students, as well as special guests of the college, to highlight their outstanding teaching, learning and research," said Irwin Weiser, Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. "Their scholarship and discoveries in the arts, humanities and social science, inspire us to think about our places in the world. From studying how we age, to explaining political or religious trends, and using movies and film to document war and poverty, our liberal arts faculty and students are engaged in understanding and explaining complex problems."
Information about the events is available at https://www.cla.purdue.edu/experience
The College of Liberal Arts encompasses eight academic departments: anthropology; communication; English; foreign languages and literatures; history; philosophy; political science; and sociology; and the Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts.
The college is home to a variety of interdisciplinary programs, including African-American studies, American studies, Asian studies, Asian-American studies, classical studies, comparative literature, film and video studies, global studies, Italian studies, Jewish studies, Latin American and Latino studies, linguistics, medieval and Renaissance studies, peace studies, philosophy and literature, religious studies, and women's studies.
Writer: Amy Patterson Neubert, 765-494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu
Sources: Irwin Weiser, 765-494-3661, iweiser@purdue.edu
Chris Sharp, director of alumni relations and special events, 765-494-7884, ctsharp@purdue.edu