The Arts from New England: University Provision and Outreach 1928 to 1998

Abstract

This book is the first history of the Arts and Humanities at the decentralised University of New England and its antecedent institutions. There are contributions from more than 25 writers from both staff and student ranks, many of them reflecting on their participation in the enabling 'New England Experience'. They provide an authoritative, original and revealing picture if the evolving achievements if a unique regional university as it forged its own identity in the Arts and Humanities. At the broadest level, there is presented an account if the institution's distinctive 'psycho-biography'. This is balanced by detailed discussion of individual disciplines and of the experiences of students. All the contributions illustrate the open-mindedness and commitment necessary to create and maintain New England's remarkable pioneering efforts in teaching and research in the Humanities and Social Sciences over some seventy years.