Author: Brynn Boyer

Mehdi Aminrazavi, professor of philosophy and religion, gave the lecture “Reading Omar Khayyam’s Ruba’iyyat within Their Historical Context” at the Library of Congress on Thursday, July 19.

Cassandra Good, assistant editor of the Papers of James Monroe, presented “‘You Would Exert Your Friendship for Us’: Friendships Between Men and Women in the Early Republic” at the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic annual conference in Baltimore, Md.

Michelle Crow-Dolby, education and communications manager for Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont, has been appointed by the Fredericksburg City Council to serve on the Fredericksburg Arts Commission. The 11-member commission provides leadership and guidance to the Fredericksburg City Council about arts and cultural issues.

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is quoted in the article “Partisan Squabble Derails Meeting” in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

On Thursday, July 19, Farnsworth was a featured guest on 1140 WRVA. In the interview, he discusses the issues and tactics of the 2012 presidential candidates.

Gari Melchers Home and Studio is hosting a fall trip to Newport, R.I., from Friday, October 5 through Monday, October 8.  The trip includes visits to several famous Newport mansions with accommodations at the harborside Marriott.  UMW faculty and staff receive museum members’ special price.  Newport in the Fall2