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Neil Ramiller, Representation of Technology and Place in Leslie Ragan's New 20th Century Limited

AGLSP Annual Conference

The Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs is the professional organization of academic programs providing graduate interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences for working adults. The Association provides a forum for the exchange of information and ideas among the administrators of programs granting degrees such as Master of Liberal Arts, Master of Liberal Studies and Master of Arts in Liberal Studies and to programs with related curricula and goals. The AGLSP promotes the core concepts and goals of Graduate Liberal Studies, fosters high standards in GLS programs, provides guidance for institutions considering initiating and improving such programs, and promotes public awareness of the programs. The annual conference brings togetherfaculty, administrators, students and alumni of graduate liberal studies programs across the U.S. and Canada for a long weekend each October.

2016 Conference, Tradition and TransformationHosted by The University of Oklahoma college of liberal studies October 20-22, Oklahoma City

2012 Conference, The Crisis of the Book: Worlds of Opportunity, Worlds of ChangeHosted by the Reed College MALS program October 18-20, Portland, OR

From scroll to codex, printing press to computer screen, revolutions in technology have changed the way we receive and process information, and even the way we think about ideas. This interdisciplinary conference will place the transformation in print culture in a historical framework, and will reflect upon the changing nature of text delivery and the experience of reading.

How is knowledge produced? What role does the book play as cultural,