Sometimes called ‘a liberal arts college experience’ within the University, Structured Liberal Education (SLE) is a residence-based academic program that encourages students to live a life of ideas in an atmosphere that emphasizes critical thinking and interpretation.
Focusing on great works of philosophy, religion, literature, painting, and film drawn largely, but not exclusively, from the Western tradition, the SLE curriculum places particular emphasis on artists and intellectuals who brought new ways of thinking and new ways of creating into the world, often overthrowing prior traditions in the process. These are the works that redefined beauty, challenged the authority of conventional wisdom, raised questions of continuing importance to us today, and—for good or ill—created the world we still live in.
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Upcoming Events
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SLE Salon: Peter Mann discusses his novel, World Pacific (2025)
Fri, Feb 6, 2026 4:30pm to 5:30pm PT
Florence Moore Hall, SLE Main Lounge
Recent Events
SLE S& ILAC Salon: Yuri Herrera: Speculative History (Season of the Swamp)
Thu, Dec 4, 2025 12:15pm to 1:15pm PT
Florence Moore Hall
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SLE Salon: Haleh Liza Gafori, Poetry and Rumi
Thu, Nov 6, 2025 5:30pm to 6:30pm PT
Florence Moore Hall, SLE Lounge
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SLE Salon: Professors Joshua Landy (Stanford) and Alexander Nehamas (Princeton) on Philosophy and Literature
Tue, Sep 30, 2025 12:15pm to 1:15pm PT
Florence Moore Hall, SLE Lounge
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SLE Salon: Peter Mann discusses his novel, Torqued Man (2022)
Mon, Jun 2, 2025 4:15pm to 5:15pm PT
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SLE Salon: Marcie Bianco : Discussion of her book, Breaking Free
Thu, May 22, 2025 12:15pm to 1:05pm PT
Florence Moore Hall, SLE Classroom and Lounge
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SLE Salon: Poetry, Grief, and War: A discussion with poet Jessica Semaan about Child of the Moon
Thu, May 8, 2025 12:15pm to 1:05pm PT
Florence Moore Hall, SLE Lounge