Rotter, DiLauro and Vassey Participate in Local Lecture Series

UMW Professor of German Marcel Rotter and his students will present research next month into the area’s German influences at a local lecture series examining how each of Fredericksburg’s five sister city countries — France, Germany, Italy, Ghana, and Nepal — have influenced the cultural fabric of Virginia and the nation as a whole, as well as how America has influenced them.

In May, the series will include a panel discussion about France’s political and culinary contributions with Craig Vasey, retired philosophy professor at UMW and graduate of the Sorbonne in Paris; Bill Beck, former Fredericksburg mayor and long-time member of the Fredericksburg-Fréjus Sister City Association; and UMW Professor of French Brooke DiLauro, who sits on the board of that Association.

Part of the VA250 celebrations, the series will focus on the contributions of the sister city countries to the cultural fabric of America. Learn more about the lectures or read more in FXBG Advance.