Author: Brynn Boyer

Professor of Classics, Philosophy and Religion James E. Goehring’s book “Politics, Monasticism, and Miracles in Sixth Century Upper Egypt: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Coptic Texts on Abraham of Farshut” has been published.

This volume contains a critical edition and translation of the Coptic texts on Abraham of Farshut, the last Coptic orthodox archimandrite of the Pachomian federation in Upper Egypt. While past studies have focused on the origins and early years of this, the first communal monastic movement, Goehring turns to its final days and ultimate demise in the sixth century reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. He examines the literary nature of the texts, their role in the making of a saint, and the historical events that they reveal. Miracle stories and tendentious accounts give way to the reconstruction of internal debates over the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon, political intrigue, and the eventual reordering of the communal monastic movement in Upper Egypt.

2012. XIV, 160 Seiten (Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 69). ISBN 978-3-16-152214-7 fadengeheftete Broschur € 49,– eBook erscheint im Dezember

On Thursday, Dec. 20, Nabil Al-Tikriti delivered a presentation in Turkish entitled “II Bayezid Oğulları Arasındaki Taht Kavgası / The Fight Between the Sons of Bayezid II for the Throne” to the “Symposium of the Sultan Beyazit II” in Istanbul, Turkey. The symposium was sponsored by Kültür Kenti Vakfı (Cultural City Foundation), Beyoğlu Municipality, Galatasaray University, and Mimar Sinan University. The symposium program included several prominent Ottoman historians.

In the course of this presentation, Prof. Al-Tikriti engaged with current debates about Ottoman family values by pointing out that Bayezid II’s extended family members carried out nearly a dozen murders of other family members between 1481 and 1522.

The conference program can be accessed here.

Andréa Livi Smith, assistant professor and director of the Center for Historic Preservation, published her article entitled “The Young Preservationist: Findings from the First Undergraduate Historic Preservation Education Symposium” in the peer-reviewed journal Preservation Education & Research. PER is the scholarly journal of the National Council for Preservation Education.

The article is derived from the first Undergraduate Historic Preservation Education Symposium, organized by Dr. Smith and hosted by UMW in June 2010. Dr. Smith is currently organizing the second iteration of the symposium, to be held this summer.

Thank you so much for making this year’s CVC at UMW such a success…apparently we truly are the ‘small school with a big heart’!  Of the over 160 agencies of the Commonwealth that participated in the CVC, UMW ranks 23rd in total giving.  And later this winter UMW will receive the Shining Star Award at the CVC recognition ceremonies.  This award is given to those agencies that surpass the previous year’s overall contributions.  None of this  would have happened without the commitment of our UMW CVC Ambassadors and your generosity.  We will have final numbers in January, but I am happy to report that our overall giving is up this year by 145.1 percent!  And it’s not too late to contribute.

Tuesday, Jan. 15 is the last day to collect paper pledges and submit to the processing center by January 18.

Every single gift, not matter the size, counts and makes a difference. Again, thank you all, so very much.

For more information, contact Lori Izykowski.

John P. Broome, assistant professor in curriculum & instruction and director of secondary education and preK-12 education in the College of Education, will be presenting his paper, “Approaching The Civic Mission of Schools: Examining Civic Engagement in an Alternative Learning Environment” at the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting in San Francisco, California in April 2013.

The American Educational Research Association is the most prominent international professional organization, with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application. Its more than 25,000 members are educators; administrators; directors of research; persons working with testing or evaluation in federal, state and local agencies; counselors; evaluators; graduate students; and behavioral scientists. The broad range of disciplines represented by the membership includes education, psychology, statistics, sociology, history, economics, philosophy, anthropology, and political science.