Lecture tonight! February 7th

Theology majors--did you ever think about obtaining a Medieval and Renaissance Studies Minor? If you are considering grad school and are interested in historical theology, it would be an excellent minor. Minor or not, the lecture tonight is open to everyone...and you may want to check out the last line of the blurb below.

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“From Humanism to the Humanities: A Book Review”

Richard Tristano, Department of History

Tuesday February 7^th, 7:00, Common Room, 3^rd Floor St. Mary’s Hall

From Humanism to the Humanities: Education and the Liberal Arts in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Europe by Anthony Grafton and Lisa Jardine, set off quite a controversy when published. The authors chart the transition from Renaissance humanism, which claimed that the liberal arts formed character as well as trained the mind, to the humanities as a curriculum of study whose purpose was to gain social status. In the process the authors challenge many cherished beliefs about the Renaissance and the authenticity of the liberal arts. The presentation will review the essential argument of the authors and then will ask if at Saint Mary’s University we have the goal of the moral education of our students, or if we are in the business of offering education as an investment and an entrée into the power structure.