What is the LESC?
The LESC is a European-Asian wide conference for students to exchange on our Liberal Education programs. It is a significant opportunity for students to rethink and reconnect in the evolving landscape of Liberal Arts and Sciences, both locally and globally.
Returning after Covid-19, we are thrilled to announce that the Liberal Education Students Conference 2024 is being held at the University College Freiburg.
The UCF has held the LESC in 2017 already, and the last LESC in 2019 was held in Berlin.
Call for Papers
Register by March 15, 2024 23:59
The new deadline is March 15.
We are working on updating our sites.
Contact us: LESC UCF Freiburg lesc.ucfr@gmail.com (Sophia Wong)
Thursday 9th: History and Present
11:30-13:00 Arrival, registration & welcome remarks
Location: Peterhof (Basement)
13:00-14:30 Keynote panel: For the World Savior, for the Curious, or
for the High-Achiever? Three Different Imaginations of
Liberal Arts and Sciences by Prof. Dr. Veronika Lipphardt,
University College Freiburg
Location: Peterhof (Basement)
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-16:30 Working groups (tracks 1-4)
Location: Peterhof (Seminar rooms)
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:30 Evening panels: Converging Paths: Unravelling the Tapestry of Interdisciplinarity in Liberal Education
Interdisciplinarity and Truth: Reflections on the Epistemology of Interdisciplinarity by Prof. Teun Dekker, University College Maastricht
Disciplined Interdisciplinarity by Prof. Dr. Iris van der Tuin, Utrecht University
Broad, deep, integrative and reflexive learning: ‘Disciplined interdisciplinarity’ in a liberal arts curriculum by Prof. Rafał Witkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University
Redescovering our interdisciplinar roots: why we should fear mono-disciplinarity by Alessandro Laino, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Location: Peterhof (Basement)
18:30- Closing remarks & final drinks
Location: Peterhof (Basement)