Liberal Learning for Life @ UD
83 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago -Liberal Learning for Life @ University of Dallas features compelling, pithy and rich conversations with UD friends and faculty.
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16. What is Education? with Dr. Jeffrey Lehman
February 23, 2021 20:41 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBI’m joined this week by Dr. Jeffrey Lehman, Professor of Humanities at the University of Dallas and director of our Classical Education graduate program. He also runs the arts of liberty project, which educates students, teachers, and lifelong learners in the purpose and power of the liberal arts and liberal education. You can learn more about that project at artsofliberty.udallas.edu. In our conversation, Dr. Lehman and I talk about non-western art and texts, how it can be true that the hum...
Renewing Catholic Education with Dr. Andrew Seeley and Elizabeth Sullivan
January 29, 2021 21:29 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBThis week of January 31 is Catholic Schools Week, and we’re joined by two guests from an organization that is helping schools around the country offer an education that incorporates treasures old and new: it’s called the Institute For Catholic Liberal Education. Elizabeth Sullivan is the Executive Director, and Dr Andrew Seeley is the Director of Advanced Formation. We discuss a range of questions about education and the liberal arts, but my favorite point this week came from Dr Seeley, who e...
15. Renewing Catholic Education with Dr. Andrew Seeley and Elizabeth Sullivan
January 29, 2021 21:29 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBThis week of January 31 is Catholic Schools Week, and we’re joined by two guests from an organization that is helping schools around the country offer an education that incorporates treasures old and new: it’s called the Institute For Catholic Liberal Education. Elizabeth Sullivan is the Executive Director, and Dr Andrew Seeley is the Director of Advanced Formation. We discuss a range of questions about education and the liberal arts, but my favorite point this week came from Dr Seeley, who ...
14. The Two Questions of a Liberal Education with Dr. Shannon Valenzuela
January 13, 2021 17:15 - 13 minutes - 9.52 MBWe all want to know: what is the nature of reality, and how should a life be lived? In today’s conversation, I’m joined by Dr. Shannon Valenzuela, Content Director for Liberal Learning for Life and Affiliate Assistant Professor of English at UD. We discuss the new online video series that Dr. Valenzuela directed that addresses these questions: it’s called The Person: Action and Influence. By exploring the Catholic moral tradition, Dr Valenzuela explains how this series equips you to understa...
The Two Questions of a Liberal Education with Dr. Shannon Valenzuela
January 13, 2021 17:15 - 13 minutes - 9.52 MBWe all want to know: what is the nature of reality, and how should a life be lived? In today’s conversation, I’m joined by Dr. Shannon Valenzuela, Content Director for Liberal Learning for Life and Affiliate Assistant Professor of English at UD. We discuss the new online video series that Dr. Valenzuela directed that addresses these questions: it’s called The Person: Action and Influence. By exploring the Catholic moral tradition, Dr Valenzuela explains how this series equips you to understan...
Prayer Books, YouTube, and Devotion Then and Now with Dr. Christi Ivers
December 10, 2020 16:47 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBThis year, many people have been bringing their experience of church into their homes: “attending Mass” from their couches via YouTube livestream. According to Dr. Christi Ivers, Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Dallas, something similar occurred in Spain in the late 1400s, when the widespread adoption of the printing press enabled the laity to use the images and texts in newly available devotional books to pray in their homes in ways that they previously could only do in a...
13. Prayer Books, YouTube, and Devotion Then and Now with Dr. Christi Ivers
December 10, 2020 16:47 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBThis year, many people have been bringing their experience of church into their homes: “attending Mass” from their couches via YouTube livestream. According to Dr. Christi Ivers, Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Dallas, something similar occurred in Spain in the late 1400s, when the widespread adoption of the printing press enabled the laity to use the images and texts in newly available devotional books to pray in their homes in ways that they previously could only do in ...
Flannery O’Connor, Race, and Classical Education with Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson
December 02, 2020 17:27 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this conversation, recorded this past summer, we are joined by Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson, the Louise Cowan Scholar in Residence at the University of Dallas. We talk about the place of literature in classical education; about Flannery O’Connor and racism; and about art as a contemplative vision of imagining apocalypse in the best sense: as an event of revelation. You can read Dr. Hooten Wilson’s article on O’Connor and race here: https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/06/how-flanne...
12. Flannery O’Connor, Race, and Classical Education with Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson
December 02, 2020 17:27 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this conversation, recorded this past summer, we are joined by Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson, the Louise Cowan Scholar in Residence at the University of Dallas. We talk about the place of literature in classical education; about Flannery O’Connor and racism; and about art as a contemplative vision of imagining apocalypse in the best sense: as an event of revelation. You can read Dr. Hooten Wilson’s article on O’Connor and race here: https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/06/how-flann...
Phenomenology and the World Outside our Heads with Dr. Chad Engelland
November 18, 2020 15:13 - 24 minutes - 17 MBUnless your eyes are closed, right now you’re seeing something: it might be the road ahead of you, the dishes in your sink, a jogging trail; an apple; a falling leaf. Is your perception of those objects only in your head? Is your experience reducible to the activity of neurons in your brain? While many philosophers and cognitive scientists would answer “yes,” philosophers in the tradition known as phenomenology would answer “no.” We are not, they would say, self-enclosed consciousnesses despe...
11. Phenomenology and the World Outside our Heads with Dr. Chad Engelland
November 18, 2020 15:13 - 24 minutes - 17 MBUnless your eyes are closed, right now you’re seeing something: it might be the road ahead of you, the dishes in your sink, a jogging trail; an apple; a falling leaf. Is your perception of those objects only in your head? Is your experience reducible to the activity of neurons in your brain? While many philosophers and cognitive scientists would answer “yes,” philosophers in the tradition known as phenomenology would answer “no.” We are not, they would say, self-enclosed consciousnesses desp...
Lord of the Flies IRL with Dr. Shannon Valenzuela, Dr. Mark Petersen, and Dr. David Upham
October 30, 2020 19:57 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBThis conversation, which was recorded this past summer, is led by Dr. Shannon Valenzuela, Affiliate Assistant Professor of English and Content Director for Liberal Learning for Life. She is joined by Dr. Mark Petersen, Assistant Professor of History, and Dr. David Upham, Associate Professor of Politics. They discuss William Golding’s 1951 novel Lord of the Flies and a recently reported “lord of the flies in real life” story, in which a group of boys were shipwrecked on an island and- unlike i...
10. Lord of the Flies IRL with Dr. Shannon Valenzuela, Dr. Mark Petersen, and Dr. David Upham
October 30, 2020 19:57 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBThis conversation, which was recorded this past summer, is led by Dr. Shannon Valenzuela, Affiliate Assistant Professor of English and Content Director for Liberal Learning for Life. She is joined by Dr. Mark Petersen, Assistant Professor of History, and Dr. David Upham, Associate Professor of Politics. They discuss William Golding’s 1951 novel Lord of the Flies and a recently reported “lord of the flies in real life” story, in which a group of boys were shipwrecked on an island and- unlike ...
9. Toni Morrison, Prophecy, and Memory with Dr. Kathleen Marks
October 13, 2020 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBIn this conversation, which was recorded last fall, we’re joined by Dr. Kathleen Marks, a UD graduate and Associate Professor of English at St. John’s University. We speak about Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved; how prophecy is not about predicting the future but investigating the past; and the impact of legendary professor Dr. Louise Cowan on her students and the world. Learn more about Liberal Learning for Life at the University of Dallas here: https://udallas.edu/liberal-learning/ Learn...
Toni Morrison, Prophecy, and Memory with Dr. Kathleen Marks
October 13, 2020 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBIn this conversation, which was recorded last fall, we’re joined by Dr. Kathleen Marks, a UD graduate and Associate Professor of English at St. John’s University. We speak about Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved; how prophecy is not about predicting the future but investigating the past; and the impact of legendary professor Dr. Louise Cowan on her students and the world. Learn more about Liberal Learning for Life at the University of Dallas here: https://udallas.edu/liberal-learning/ Learn ...
Due Santi: Un Piccolo Paradiso with Dr. Andrew Moran
September 30, 2020 19:37 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBAndrew Moran, Associate Professor of English, speaks about his recently-edited book about the University of Dallas Rome campus called Due Santi and The University of Dallas: Un Piccolo Paradiso. In our conversation, Dr. Moran speaks about why the Rome campus is so important and how the Rome experience offers students an expanded set of options for living; and finally, in preparation for your next trip abroad, Dr. Moran teaches us how to play the “get lost in Venice” game. You can order the bo...
8. Due Santi: Un Piccolo Paradiso with Dr. Andrew Moran
September 30, 2020 19:37 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBAndrew Moran, Associate Professor of English, speaks about his recently-edited book about the University of Dallas Rome campus called Due Santi and The University of Dallas: Un Piccolo Paradiso. In our conversation, Dr. Moran speaks about why the Rome campus is so important and how the Rome experience offers students an expanded set of options for living; and finally, in preparation for your next trip abroad, Dr. Moran teaches us how to play the “get lost in Venice” game. You can order the b...
What Patriotism Is and Isn't with Dr. David Upham
September 14, 2020 20:28 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBDavid Upham, Chair and Associate Professor of Politics, joins us for a conversation that was recorded three days after 9/11 and three days before Constitution Day. We speak about patriotism: what it is, and what is isn’t.
7. What Patriotism Is and Isn't with Dr. David Upham
September 14, 2020 20:28 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBDavid Upham, Chair and Associate Professor of Politics, joins us for a conversation that was recorded three days after 9/11 and three days before Constitution Day. We speak about patriotism: what it is, and what is isn’t. Support the show
What Patriotism Is and Isn't with Dr. David Upham.
September 14, 2020 20:28 - 23 minutes - 24.5 MBDavid Upham, Chair and Associate Professor of Politics, joins us for a conversation that was recorded three days after 9/11 and three days before Constitution Day. We speak about patriotism: what it is, and what is isn’t.
Philosophy of Science with Dr. Christopher Mirus
September 02, 2020 14:42 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBChristopher Mirus, Associate Professor of Philosophy, joins us to discuss the importance of a researchers’ humanity in their scientific work, what philosophers of science do, and how we should think about the relationship between science and religion.
6. Philosophy of Science with Dr. Christopher Mirus
September 02, 2020 14:42 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBChristopher Mirus, Associate Professor of Philosophy, joins us to discuss the importance of a researchers’ humanity in their scientific work, what philosophers of science do, and how we should think about the relationship between science and religion. Support the show
Chemistry, the Liberal Arts, and Building Houses - Prof. Jonathan Dannatt
August 10, 2020 16:26 - 19 minutes - 21.7 MBJonathan Dannatt, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, joins us to discuss the role of wonder in scientific research; the importance of writing and reading for success in the sciences; and the curious relationship between building a house and the discipline of chemistry.
5. Chemistry, the Liberal Arts, and Building Houses with Dr. Jonathan Dannatt
August 10, 2020 16:26 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBJonathan Dannatt, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, joins us to discuss the role of wonder in scientific research; the importance of writing and reading for success in the sciences; and the curious relationship between building a house and the discipline of chemistry. Support the show
Chemistry, the Liberal Arts, and Building Houses with Dr. Jonathan Dannatt
August 10, 2020 16:26 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBJonathan Dannatt, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, joins us to discuss the role of wonder in scientific research; the importance of writing and reading for success in the sciences; and the curious relationship between building a house and the discipline of chemistry.
Shakespeare, Rhetoric, and the Ends of Human Life with Dr. Scott Crider
July 12, 2020 01:15 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBScott Crider, Professor of English at UD, talks with us about Shakespeare and rhetoric: how rhetoric can help our lives go well (or badly), how we can glimpse these issues in the play Julius Caesar, and how Dr. Crider has found Shakespeare himself to be a liberal education.
4. Shakespeare, Rhetoric, and the Ends of Human Life with Dr. Scott Crider
July 12, 2020 01:15 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBScott Crider, Professor of English at UD, talks with us about Shakespeare and rhetoric: how rhetoric can help our lives go well (or badly), how we can glimpse these issues in the play Julius Caesar, and how Dr. Crider has found Shakespeare himself to be a liberal education. Support the show
Music and the Liberal Arts with Prof. Kristen Van Cleve
July 04, 2020 19:21 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBMusic and the Liberal Arts with Prof. Kristen Van Cleve by Liberal Learning for Life @ University of Dallas
3. Music and the Liberal Arts with Prof. Kristen Van Cleve
July 04, 2020 19:21 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBMusic and the Liberal Arts with Prof. Kristen Van Cleve by Liberal Learning for Life @ University of Dallas Support the show
Revisiting Frederick Douglass with Dr. Thomas Jodziewicz
June 19, 2020 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBIn this conversation recorded last fall, Dr. Jodziewicz talks about Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century black American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Dr. Jodziewicz explains why Douglass matters today and what his life can tell us about the benefits of one of the more unusual educations in the liberal arts.
2. Revisiting Frederick Douglass with Dr. Thomas Jodziewicz
June 19, 2020 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBIn this conversation recorded last fall, Dr. Jodziewicz talks about Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century black American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Dr. Jodziewicz explains why Douglass matters today and what his life can tell us about the benefits of one of the more unusual educations in the liberal arts. Support the show
1. Dr. Gregory Roper on the "Nerian Option"
June 03, 2020 20:09 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBDr. Gregory Roper, Associate Professor of English, joins us for a converation about what Dr. Roper calls "the Nerian Option." We talk about the 16th century Italian St. Philip Neri as the model for youth ministry; as offering not a plan, but a set of attitudes and approaches, focused on joy; and finally, we speculate about how Philip Neri might speak to those of us taking to the streets in acts of protest today. Support the show
Dr. Gregory Roper on the "Nerian Option"
June 03, 2020 20:09 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBDr. Gregory Roper, Associate Professor of English, joins us for a converation about what Dr. Roper calls "the Nerian Option." We talk about the 16th century Italian St. Philip Neri as the model for youth ministry; as offering not a plan, but a set of attitudes and approaches, focused on joy; and finally, we speculate about how Philip Neri might speak to those of us taking to the streets in acts of protest today.