Writing the Liberal Arts and Sciences
Truth, Dialogue, and Historical Consciousness
Mary Bouquet
Annemieke Meijer
Cornelus Sanders
9789463729369
216 pages
Amsterdam University Press
Overview
Starting from informal cross-disciplinary conversations between colleagues, this volume is the result of an experiment in understanding the standpoints and methodologies of others in a multidisciplinary setting. At its heart are the core values of a liberal arts education: intellectual curiosity and the ability to communicate across borders. Written with the aim of communicating academic content to non-specialists, the essays interweave narratives about truth with various kinds of dialogue and the importance of historical consciousness. Together they illustrate the power of writing as a tool for strengthening a scholarly community.
Author Bio
Mary Bouquet is anthropologist, associate professor, and fellow at Utrecht University College.
Annemieke Meijer was trained as an eighteenth-century scholar and is currently the director of UCU’s Writing programme.
Cornelus Sanders is a dermatologist at the University Medical Centre Utrecht and the fellow of Medical Science at University College Utrecht.
