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ESF 50

Education as Self-Fashioning: Lecture Series

UNITS:1
GRADING:Satisfactory/No Credit
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:—

One-unit lecture series featuring prominent intellectuals lecturing on the nature and meaning of liberal education (associated with Education as Self-Fashioning.) NOTE: students enrolled in the 7-unit ESF course should NOT add this course to their study list; this 1-unit course is only for non-ESF students who wish to enroll in the lecture series only. Lectures will constitute an ongoing, campus-wide conversation about the aims of liberal education that extends the ''First Lecture'' featured in New Student Orientation.

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1 Term
Lecture 1Open
ID: 24195
0 / 300 enrolled
DAYS:Friday
TIME:12:30 PM – 1:20 PM
LOCATION:Bishop Auditorium
INSTRUCTOR:
Prodan, Sarah
1unit

ESF 50: Education as Self-Fashioning: Lecture Series

1 units · Satisfactory/No Credit

One-unit lecture series featuring prominent intellectuals lecturing on the nature and meaning of liberal education (associated with Education as Self-Fashioning.) NOTE: students enrolled in the 7-unit ESF course should NOT add this course to their study list; this 1-unit course is only for non-ESF students who wish to enroll in the lecture series only. Lectures will constitute an ongoing, campus-wide conversation about the aims of liberal education that extends the ''First Lecture'' featured in New Student Orientation.

Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Lecture — Friday 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM — Bishop Auditorium — Prodan, Sarah (Undergrad)

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