Associate Professor of German Marcel Rotter gave a talk at the 39th annual Symposium of the international Society for German American Studies in Iowa City on “Gari Melchers’ View of African-American Bodies through the White Male Lens.”
Surupa Gupta, professor of Political Science and International Affairs, delivered a guest lecture on Tuesday, April 26, at the Foreign Service Institute. The lecture, titled “Covid-19 in South Asia: State Responses to the Pandemic,” was delivered online to a group of US diplomats headed to Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently delivered a public lecture, “Reviewing the Biden Presidency (so far),” at the Lake of the Woods Community Center in Locust Grove. The talk drew on Dr. Farnsworth’s recent book, “Presidential Communication and Character.” Dr. Farnsworth also commented […]
Professor of Middle East History Nabil Al-Tikriti presented a paper entitled “Revisiting the Şahkulu and Nur Ali Halife Rebellions” on Sunday, May 1. For this presentation, Prof. Al-Tikriti summarized and commented on the secondary literature and extant primary source evidence covering the twin rebellions which convulsed Ottoman Anatolia in 1511-12. The workshop was a hybrid […]
President Troy Paino was quoted in an article in The Free Lance-Star entitled Fredericksburg Joins Drive Clean Rural USA Project. Mary Washington President Troy Paino said the initiative comes at an “opportune time” for his school. “UMW is in the process of developing a Climate Action Plan with clear and timely clean energy targets,” Paino said. “Partnering with […]
