<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/westmont-news/examining-liberal-arts-post-truth-age.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>02/16/2018</pubDate><title>Examining Liberal Arts in a Post-Truth Age</title><excerpt>The Westmont Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts hosts the 17th annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, “Knowledge in Crisis: Liberal Learning in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age,” March 22-24 at Westmont. Top scholars, administrators, students and practitioners consider how the tools of a liberal arts education can help us navigate the changing landscape of knowledge. Speakers include William Deresiewicz, Lynn Hunt, Martín Carcasson, and Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2018/02/deresiewicz_william-505x204.jpg" alt="William Deresiewicz"/>
        </image><caption>William Deresiewicz</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Heading...</description></item>