(continued from above) The College of Liberal Arts academically shapes the core of the well-rounded Auburn student through study of the humanities and the human arts. Courses and programs such as those we offer in the arts, communications, history, languages, literature, philosophy, psychology, political science, social sciences, and speech, for example, give students the opportunity to acquire tangible knowledge, while becoming critical thinkers and creative spirits who learn how educated and engaged citizens contribute more fully to the overall quality of life.
We play a central role within Auburn University and in our state and global communities. The College of Liberal Arts has much strength in its excellent faculty, their research, outreach, and teaching programs. We reach out through long distance courses, interactive web sites, and video distance learning, as well as through sponsored programs and performances. We engage with business and industry and seek continually to strengthen connections between professional, scientific, and liberal education to sustain an exciting intellectual environment for faculty, students, and the community at large.
Please explore our website to learn about the many initiatives we have underway, or contact the Dean’s Office or the offices of any of our academic departments if you have any questions.
Anne-Katrin Gramberg
Dean
Events Calendar
05/13/08
- 05/18/08
Election Official Training
8:00 AM at Hotel and Conference Center
This on-going program began in 1994 when faculty in the Master of Public Administration program formed a partnership with The Election Center, a nonprofit, international organization of local and state election officials, to create a professional education program in voter registration and election administration. [Read more...]
05/15/08
Poet Joseph Harrison Reads at JCS Museum
5:00 PM at Jule Collins Smith Museum
Joseph Harrison III will give a reading from his second collection of poetry, Identity Theft, published this spring by Waywiser. His reading will be followed by a wine tasting, co-sponsored by the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art and Kroger, and music by Dan Mackowski. [Read more...]
05/19/08
- 05/23/08
Women's Leadership Institute
8:00 AM at Hotel and Conference Center
The Women’s Leadership Institute is the five day, in-residence program that connects students with women leaders who are making a difference in the public and private sectors. [Read more...]
12:00 PM at Telfair Peet Theatre
Auburn University’s Musical Theatre Camp provides a residential summer camp opportunity for students interested in the exciting field of musical theatre, which incorporates music, dance, movement, and acting. The program consists of an intensive workshop that will culminate with a staged performance. Instructional staff will consist of music and theatre professionals from the Auburn University faculty along with a guest presenter who has experience at top musical theatre venues.
Contact lgs0003@auburn.edu for more information. [Read more...]
Faculty Spotlight
John Homayoun Mazaheri was born in Teheran and raised in Iran and in Paris, France. He studied at the Lycée Henri IV in Paris (1965-70), at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (MFA in printmaking, 1976), at the University of Aix-en-Provence (MA in French, 1984), and at Brown University (PhD in French, 1989).
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He taught printmaking and French in Teheran in the late 1970s (in college), returned to France in the early 1980s, and moved with his family to the United States in 1984. He taught for several years at the University of Massachusetts/Boston and at Clark University (Worcester, Mass.), before he became assistant-professor of French at Auburn University in 1989. In 1991 he became an American citizen. He has been full-professor since 1999. His publications include a book on the French moralist La Bruyère, two monographs on H. de Balzac (the second one is forthcoming), and many articles on the 17th and the 19th centuries, which have appeared in various scholarly journals in Europe and in the U.S. He is mostly interested in the relationships between Christian theology and literature. He is also active as a visual artist, and participates in juried shows.
Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities Launches Pebble Hill Books Series
The Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities, dedicated outreach unit for the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University, announces the creation of Pebble Hill Books, an imprint series published in collaboration with the University of Alabama Press. Titles in the occasional series grow out of or contribute to its outreach mission. [Read more...]
AU Offering Summer Journalism Workshop for High School Students
The AU Department of Communication and Journalism will offer a summer workshop in journalism and other communication fields June 8-13 for up to 20 students from Alabama and Georgia high schools. [Read more...]
College of Liberal Arts Social Work professor named “Social Worker of the Year”
Emily Myers, director of the social work program in the Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Social Work in the College of Liberal Arts, has been named “Social Worker of the Year,” in the state of Alabama. [Read more...]
Dr. Kicklighter Delivers Inaugural "Final Lecture"
On Thursday, April 3 at 4 p.m. in the Foy Ballroom, History Professor Dr. Joseph Kicklighter delivered the inaugural "Final Lecture." The Student Government Association, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Mortar Board sponsored this event as an opportunity for the Class of 2008 to recognize Dr. Kicklighter, a professor in the College of Liberal Arts, as the professor they feel is the most outstanding teacher at Auburn University.
Welcome to Auburn University’s College of Liberal Arts. Together with the leadership of the 
John Homayoun Mazaheri was born in Teheran and raised in Iran and in Paris, France. He studied at the Lycée Henri IV in Paris (1965-70), at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (MFA in printmaking, 1976), at the University of Aix-en-Provence (MA in French, 1984), and at Brown University (PhD in French, 1989).