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Professor of Art History Julia DeLancey was featured in The Free Lance-Star in an article titled “Lecture set on Piazza San Marco.” The piece highlights her upcoming public talk, “Piazza San Marco, Venice’s Stage: Building Power, Facing Peril,” hosted by the Fredericksburg-Este Association.DeLancey will explore how Renaissance Venetians – both those in power and those […]

UMW Museums Director Scott Harris joined News Talk 1230 WFVA’s Town Talk to discuss “Bringing Eliza Home,” the remarkable story of the repatriation of Eliza Monroe Hay, daughter of President James Monroe. Harris spoke with local historian Kathryn Willis about the years-long effort to recover Hay’s remains from Paris and return them to Virginia. On October […]

Associate Professor of English Brenta Blevins recently presented at the Corridors: Blue Ridge Writing & Rhetoric Conference at Radford University. The presentation, titled “Whose Words Are These? Voice in the Age of Generative AI,” explored how generative AI is reshaping the way we understand authorship and expression in academic writing. Blevins’ talk examined the relationship […]

Professor of Historic Preservation Michael Spencer was quoted in Daily Kos in an article titled “Move over, France: Trump wants his own Arc de Triomphe.” The piece explores reports that the  President is considering a large-scale commemorative structure in Washington, D.C., raising questions about preservation and planning.Spencer noted the tension between preservation principles and political […]