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Confluence

The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies


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Confluence is a national, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal published by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP), reflecting the best scholarly and creative work, including fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art, produced within and beyond AGLSP member institutions. Confluence stands as a demonstration of and an inspiration to the kind of interdisciplinary engagement that is constitutive of a liberal education, while emphasizing the fundamental relations that transcend the boundaries of discipline and form and invite engagement and exploration.


From the Editor

Untying the Knot


In conjunction with the AGLSP, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Writing Awards:

EXCELLENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY WRITING award

Everyday Environmentalism: Fostering Climate Justice in Higher Education

Lani St. Hill, NC State University

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Frederick Luis Aldama EXCELLENCE IN creative WRITING award

Blues Suite

Coldwell (Khyber) Daniel IV, University of Memphis

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Newly Published

commentary

The Ethical Dilemmas in Collective Remembrance

Anand Atre, Johns Hopkins University

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essay

Passivity: The Barmen Declaration’s Lack of Help for Those Who Needed It

Alec Rittgers, Duke University

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essay

Giving the Void Its Colors

David Morreale, Riverside High School

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reader’s corner

The Feminist Mind of Bae Suah

Kenneth Burke, St. Louis Public Schools

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book review

The End of Liberalism or the Hope for its Resurrection?

Review of Liberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times, by Samuel Moyn

Anand Atre, Johns Hopkins University

[text] [pdf]