Brooks Kuykendall, professor and chair of the Music Department, spoke at the fourth biennial conference The London Stage and the Nineteenth Century World, hosted by New College Oxford (April 6-8, 2022). As at the previous three conferences, he was on a panel of specialists of the Gilbert & Sullivan operas. For 2022, his presentation was entitled “‘The […]
On April 11, 2022, Antonio Barrenechea, Professor of English, was an invited speaker at the University of Glasgow symposium “Fictional Maximalism and the Americas: New Voices, New Perspectives.” His presentation, “Literature of the Americas as Maximalist Discipline” discussed scholarly and historiographical encyclopedism in hemispheric American literary studies.
Dear UMW Faculty and Staff,Join the President and Cabinet under tents at Brompton with food and drink to mark the end of a remarkable school year. Gather as we haven’t been able to do with UMW staff and faculty friends and colleagues to celebrate the work that we have accomplished over the last two years. Dr. […]
Elizabeth Freund Larus, Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs, was guest speaker at the March 9 meeting of the Stafford Rotary. Larus offered an account of her career path and stressed the value of mentorship. She also commented on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, claiming that fighting would likely intensify in the coming weeks.
The UMW Philharmonic will present its season finale concert on Saturday, April 16 at 8 p.m., with special guest pianist and Steinway Artist Thomas Pandolfi, performing George Gershwin’s timeless Rhapsody in Blue. The Philharmonic will also present the world premiere of Brian Balmages’s Through Waterless Places, commissioned by the Friends of the UMW Philharmonic to commemorate […]
