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Welcome to Master of Arts in Liberal Studies!

The Graduate Liberal Studies program offered by Simon Fraser University is an interdisciplinary program leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. It addresses some of the great works of our intellectual and artistic heritage, studies the perennial concerns that have shaped our culture, and explores contemporary perspectives on traditional ideas and values.

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The final numbers are in from the Alumni Relations office—we raised $22,985 which will be matched by the Dean of Arts and Social Sciences, John Craig. It was great to see support for the GLS program coming from faculty, current students as well as alumni.

Many thanks go to our Alumni volunteers, Bill Jeffries, Jim Babcock, Bev McDowell, Stephanie Crane, Sharon McCarthy and Val York. Many thanks, also, to current students, Wendy Lyons, Dennis Matheson and Daphne Wright for volunteering their time.

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Ted Whittal, cohort 2009, has been accepted to pursue a PhD in Performance Studies at York University next year. His Extended Essays consist of a paper called “The Gates: Liminality and Grief Tourism in New York Post 9/11” and an adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's “The Lives of Animals” into a short performance piece.  “The Gates: Liminality and Grief Tourism in New York Post 9/11” explores the political and discursive connection between GroundZero and Central Park during the 16 days in February, 2005 that Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installation “The Gates” was erected. The play will be annotated with thematic links between Coetzee's story and critical animal studies.

His PhD thesis proposal is called “Common Sense: The Performance of Food and the City.” He will be doing research on how the public performances of modern food culture - open kitchens, food festivals and street food, feasts and protests - might be linked to the performative pressures of globalization on urban culture. His SSHRC application has been chosen by SFU to enter the national competition, and he has been awarded a York graduate Entrance Scholarship.

Congratulations, Ted!