Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti penned an editorial on Ottoman Empire Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent in advance of his Great Lives lecture on Tuesday Jan. 26, at 7:30 pm on Zoom, as part of UMW’s “Great Lives” series. It can be accessed at umw.edu/greatlives. IN 2011, Turkish television launched a new series, entitled […]
College of Business Dean Lynne Richardson’s column in The Free Lance-Star is entitled, “WHY IS THE ANSWER ALWAYS NO?”YOU APPROACH a colleague with a request to do something in a new way. Your colleague responds immediately: “No. That’s not possible.” Of course, it may not be possible, but perhaps it is, and your colleague just […]
BookstoreStore OpenThe University Bookstore remains open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m, and Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Prior to February 1, anyone that wishes to shop in person will need to call the Bookstore’s main number, (540) 654-1017, once they arrive at the front doors of Lee Hall, and a staff member will let you in.SalesFor current […]
The William B. Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series continues on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. with Associate Professor of European and Modern Russian History Steven Harris, who discusses the lives and fates of Communist dictator Joseph Stalin and Soviet aircraft engineer Andrei Tupolev. The Irene and Curry Roberts Lecture.Because of restrictions on public gatherings […]
From 11 December 2020 to 16 January 2021, Middle East History Professor Nabil Al-Tikriti served as a Long Term Observer (LTO) for the Organization of Security & Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.In the course of this five week deployment, Prof. Al-Tikriti interviewed local leaders of all five recognized Kazakh parties; met with civil […]
