European liberal arts can be viewed as a component of a global upsurge in liberal arts education. There has already been a sizeable scholarly literature on the topic (see a section in ELAI Recommended Literature), but since the list has been published, at least two important contributions have been published.The first is an article “Global…
ELAI is pleased to publish a list of recommended literature for studying European Liberal Arts Education.An increasing number of developments in European Liberal Arts has produced its own subject literature. The relevant works are scattered across academic journals, books, pamphlets, and naturally across the Internet. Without a common scholarly platform, Liberal Artisans of all inklinks…
This website was launched in August 2017 offering a database of liberal arts education institutions throughout the continent, a publicly accessible source of basic organisational data. ELAI website has attracted over 3.100 unique visitors during the first five months since launch, while the related Google map has been accessed over 2.300 times. An ebook on…
With Christmas just around the corner, one might think that the slow season of the year is already in full swing. There are, however, many interesting initiatives, projects and international collaborations related to liberal arts in Europe kicking off these days. Here is a short overview of what is currently happening in the last quarter…
What is Liberal Education and what could it be? EUROPEAN STUDENTS ON THEIR LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATIONEdited byJakob Tonda Dirksen, Daniel Kontowski, and David KretzContributorsJacob van de Beeten, Brita Bergland, Jeannine Bringmann, Nathan Cooper, Teun J. Dekker, Clara Haberberger, Margarethe Hattingh, Marie Josefine Hintz, Leon Kaiser, Daria Kleeva, Nathalie Kornet, Arthur Peirce, Svetlana Poleschuk, Sanne Thierens,…
There is a growing body of scholarly work available on liberal arts in Europe. However, as it stretches across academic disciplines, it is not always easy to find. For those seeking an introduction to the topic, we would like to present a first compilation of relevant literature.At this stage, this list is not considered comprehensive.…
