On 19 April, Associate Professor of History Nabil Al-Tikriti spoke at Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), in Alexandria, VA. The topic presented was the global humanitarian system and its impact in the Middle East and other zones of crisis. Attendees included both Virginia Tech SPIA graduate students and undergraduate students associated […]
Colin Rafferty, Associate Professor of English, had his essay on Chester A. Arthur, “Smear Campaign (#21),” to appear last week in the new issue of storySouth. This is the latest in his series of essays devoted to the U.S. presidency and the men who have held that office.
The University of Mary Washington’s Center for Historic Preservation has awarded the 2018 Book Prize to Caitlin DeSilvey for Curated Decay: Heritage Beyond Saving. The Center awards the prize each year to an author whose book has a positive impact on p…
Happy Thursday, Mary Wash Movers! Team BLUE is in the lead! Have you been tracking your steps? Encourage your teammates to log their steps in this document. The challenge ends in 11 days! Don’t forget – you can participate from anywhere! All steps acquired in 24 hours of the day count. Move that body. Your brain will reap […]
Shumona Dasgupta, Associate Professor of English, recently presented two conference papers, “A Counter Discourse to Bollywood: Gender, Nation and Violence in Bengali Partition Cinema” at the Association of Asian Studies Conference in Washington, DC March 22-25 and “An(other) Story: Memory, Trauma and Identity in Muslim Narratives of the Partition” at the American Comparative Literature Association’s […]
