The university is set on top of Mount Oread and offers beautiful vistas of the surrounding area, while at the heart of the campus itself is Jayhawk Boulevard with its historic stone architecture. The appeal of KU does not end with the campus, however; we have a charming downtown with diverse restaurants and shops, many of which are independent and locally owned. Lawrence's music scene is considered among the best in the Midwest. Additionally, Kansas City, which boasts a wide variety of cultural venues, is only 30 miles away.
Both the department and the university offer numerous intellectual and cultural activities. The department itself sponsors a number of visiting speakers each year. Among recent luminaries have been Fredric Jameson, Salman Rushdie, Rita Dove, Cristina Garcia, Marjorie Garber, and Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. The department also has its own theater company, EAT, run by Professor Paul Lim, which has mounted over 50 full productions and 100 staged readings of plays. Of the playwrights who have been showcased thus far, over half have been KU students. The Hall Center for the Humanities aims to bring together faculty and graduate students with common interests from various disciplines to enable them to build on each others' ideas, and to share their knowledge within the university and with the wider community. Last, but by no means least, the university has an outstanding performing arts center, the Lied Center, which presents high-quality performances by established and emerging professional, national and international performing artists for the people of Kansas and the region.
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