Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs
Annual Conference
October 8 - 10, 2020
Each year, the AGLSP Annual Conference brings together representatives of the Association’s member programs and students to share ideas and discuss the latest issues in Graduate Liberal Studies. This year’s conference will be held in a virtual format. Pre-recorded presentations will be shown during the conference and live question and answer sessions with presenters will be held via Zoom. Visit the Schedule for details and to access meeting information.
Each year, the AGLSP Annual Conference brings together representatives of the Association’s member programs and students to share ideas and discuss the latest issues in Graduate Liberal Studies. This year’s conference will be held in a virtual format. Pre-recorded presentations will be shown during the conference and live question and answer sessions with presenters will be held via Zoom. Visit the Schedule for details and to access meeting information.
This year's conference theme is "History, Heritage, and Identity."
This year's conference theme is "History, Heritage, and Identity."
President's Welcome
President's Welcome
On behalf of the Association and its Executive Board, welcome to the 2020 AGLSP conference!
On behalf of the Association and its Executive Board, welcome to the 2020 AGLSP conference!
Last year we convened in Washington, DC, to consider “The Commons.” How, we asked – amid a rising tide of fragmentation, polarization, and incivility – might we think not just about what divides us, but also about what could bring us together, across disciplines, cultures, and communities. How, that is, might we explore common ground in uncommon times?
Last year we convened in Washington, DC, to consider “The Commons.” How, we asked – amid a rising tide of fragmentation, polarization, and incivility – might we think not just about what divides us, but also about what could bring us together, across disciplines, cultures, and communities. How, that is, might we explore common ground in uncommon times?
So much has happened since then, to shake our world to its core. We now meet virtually, against the ever more alarming backdrop of a global pandemic, racial injustice, civil unrest, economic distress, and ecological disaster. At this critical, pivotal moment, it has become all the more urgent to probe the deeper roots of our unsettling time, through our conference theme of “History, Heritage, and Identity.”
So much has happened since then, to shake our world to its core. We now meet virtually, against the ever more alarming backdrop of a global pandemic, racial injustice, civil unrest, economic distress, and ecological disaster. At this critical, pivotal moment, it has become all the more urgent to probe the deeper roots of our unsettling time, through our conference theme of “History, Heritage, and Identity.”
More broadly speaking, I would argue that the sort of searching, creative, interdisciplinary thinking we practice and promote within the GLS community is precisely what’s needed to work through the complex, vexing problems we face. The 2020 AGLSP Conference should provide much lively discussion along these lines, as we examine a wide range of perspectives on the manifold lessons of the past, keen challenges of the present, and uncertain promise of a precarious future.
More broadly speaking, I would argue that the sort of searching, creative, interdisciplinary thinking we practice and promote within the GLS community is precisely what’s needed to work through the complex, vexing problems we face. The 2020 AGLSP Conference should provide much lively discussion along these lines, as we examine a wide range of perspectives on the manifold lessons of the past, keen challenges of the present, and uncertain promise of a precarious future.
This is the association’s first-ever virtual conference, and thanks are in order to all those who’ve helped make it possible, with special shout outs to Kim Raptis and Rebecca Sharp in the AGLSP home office at Rice University for their keen attention to endless organizational details, to association vice-president and president-elect Chris Pastore for his wise counsel and support, as well as to Confluence editor Steven Burr for his expert chairing of the conference program committee. I should add that, if you need something to make the virtual conference experience feel more tangible, please visit our AGLSP Swag Shoppe, where you’ll find items from t-shirts to skateboards available for sale, with proceeds helping to support the association.
This is the association’s first-ever virtual conference, and thanks are in order to all those who’ve helped make it possible, with special shout outs to Kim Raptis and Rebecca Sharp in the AGLSP home office at Rice University for their keen attention to endless organizational details, to association vice-president and president-elect Chris Pastore for his wise counsel and support, as well as to Confluence editor Steven Burr for his expert chairing of the conference program committee. I should add that, if you need something to make the virtual conference experience feel more tangible, please visit our AGLSP Swag Shoppe, where you’ll find items from t-shirts to skateboards available for sale, with proceeds helping to support the association.
Finally, thanks to each one of you for attending the 2020 AGLSP Conference, and for joining in this important and timely conversation about “History, Heritage, and Identity,” as we ponder where we come from, all the better to envision where we’d like to go, and how to get there!
Finally, thanks to each one of you for attending the 2020 AGLSP Conference, and for joining in this important and timely conversation about “History, Heritage, and Identity,” as we ponder where we come from, all the better to envision where we’d like to go, and how to get there!
Michael D. Garval, Ph.D
Michael D. Garval, Ph.D
President, AGLSP
President, AGLSP
AGLSP Swag Shoppe
AGLSP Swag Shoppe
Visit the AGLSP Swag Shoppe and check out our great merch! Show your pride in the AGLSP and graduate liberal studies. A portion of all sales goes to the AGLSP.
Visit the AGLSP Swag Shoppe and check out our great merch! Show your pride in the AGLSP and graduate liberal studies. A portion of all sales goes to the AGLSP.
The Fall issue of Confluence: The Journal of the AGLSP features the 2020 student writing award–winning manuscripts, an address from the 2020 AGLSP Faculty Award winner, commentaries on liberal education today, and a new essay that asks the question: Is the Incredible Hulk a man, a monster, or… both?
The Fall issue of Confluence: The Journal of the AGLSP features the 2020 student writing award–winning manuscripts, an address from the 2020 AGLSP Faculty Award winner, commentaries on liberal education today, and a new essay that asks the question: Is the Incredible Hulk a man, a monster, or… both?
All this, plus new original poetry, a poem in translation, new creative nonfiction, and the Editor on the power of naming.
All this, plus new original poetry, a poem in translation, new creative nonfiction, and the Editor on the power of naming.
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