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Liberal Arts in Action

Join us for Liberal Arts in Action, a series featuring discussions and workshops from BCLA Distinguished Faculty members. This is an opportunity to get a glimpse of what liberal arts disciplines bring to an exploration of topics that are fascinating and thought provoking to engage us as a community. We hope to provide a space and encounters that inspire our imaginations and intellects, support our individual and collective well-being, and assist us in planning for and building our futures.

Liberal Arts in Action is inspired by this pivotal juncture of politics, local, national, and global uprisings against racism, as well as the scholarship of our award-winning faculty.

The series is open to LMU faculty, students, alumni, and supporters. Let’s gather as a community of lifelong learners to share time, knowledge, and conversation.

Learn about current and past events and programs presented by BCLA and its faculty

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LIBA 1998, CRN: 76688: Academic Wellness & Career Success

A two-credit class offered Spring 2022!

A street with the words

Bellarmine Forum 2020-21: Building Transformative Justice Where We Stand

Fall 2020 / Spring 2021

Jail cell

Justice on Trial Film Festival

in partnership with A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project

Fall 2020

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Down-Payment for Real Power: Stacey Abrams, Asian Americans, and the Long Game of Coalition Politics

with Edward J.W. Park, Professor and Chair of Asian and Asian American Studies

June 28, 2021

America Ferrera collage

I heart America (Ferrera)

with Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson, Professor and Chair of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies

Presented: June 7, 2021

Students surrounded by books and plants reading and working on computers

LIBA 1998: Academic Wellness

A course promoting personal, social, and academic synergy

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Cutting Through the Chatter: What Do Americans Want?

Featuring renowned pollster, data scientist and activist Sean McElwee

Tuesday, Jan. 26

US and California flags

Campaign 2020 Lecture Series

A series of faculty presentations, sponsored by BCLA, the Global Policy Institute, and the Center for the Study of Los Angeles

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Journalism in Crisis: Covering Pandemic, Protests, State Violence, Economic Hardship and the Elect

featuring a panel of BCLA journalism professors

Tuesday, Oct. 27

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Reimagining the World with Revolutionary Love: Election 2020 and Beyond

with author and civil rights activist Valarie Kaur

Tuesday, Oct. 20

A World on Fire: Climate Change and Environmental Justice

with Bill McKibben, 350.org

Wednesday, Oct. 14

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Burden of Social Isolation

with Máire Ford, associate professor of psychology

Presented: Sep. 14, 2020

St. Dymphna and her fire

The Hidden Health Costs of a Pandemic

with Inas Kelly, associate professor of economics

Presented: Aug. 24, 2020

Voter Suppression and the Latino Community

with Fernando Guerra, professor of political science and Chicana/o studies, and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at LMU

Presented: Aug. 17, 2020

Ask Alumni: Job Searching During Times of Crisis

with Liz Connolly, assistant director of alumni engagement and liberal arts

Presented: Aug. 10, 2020

Don't Hoard Toilet Paper Rolls poster

Viral History: Documenting COVID-19 and Doing the History of the Present

with Elizabeth Drummond, professor and chair of history

Presented: July 27, 2020

Living Social Justice

with Cheryl Grills, professor of psychology and director of PARC@LMU

Presented: July 13, 2020

Lori Fazzio seated staff pose

Yoga off the Mat: Cultivating Resiliency During Difficult Times

with Lori Fazzio, DPT, PT, MAppSc, C-IAYT, clinical professor of yoga and health

Presented: June 29, 2020

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A Glimpse of "Nothing"

with Paul Harris, professor of English

Presented: June 15, 2020