Mehdi Aminrazavi, professor of philosophy and religion, presented the opening lecture at “The Persian Book Lecture Series” at the Library of Congress on Tuesday, March 17.The lecture and book signing celebrated the completion of the five volume “Anthology of Philosophy in Persia,” which is co-edited by Aminrazavi.
Jeffrey McClurken, Professor of History and American Studies and Special Assistant to the Provost, presented at the Kansas State Digital Humanities Symposium, “Exploring the Digital Medium,” on Feb. 27-28.On Feb. 27 he led a workshop, “Integrating Digital Humanities in Pedagogy: Choosing Courses, Learning Objectives and Tools,” and on Feb. 28, he presented the opening plenary, […]
The University of Mary Washington was represented at the 2015 Association of Collegiate Computing Services of Virginia, an annual conference of technologists at higher education institutions around the state.Lisa Ames, LMS Admin-eLearning Specialist from the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies, co-chaired the Networked Learning Collaborative of Virginia group meeting. The group focused on advancing […]
Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history and American studies, participated in the annual Field Associative Debate (FAD) for MSF staff serving in Athens, Greece, on March 7. Al-Tikriti is board member of the United States section of MSF/Doctors Without Borders.The Athens team debated on issues connected to forced migration in the Mediterranean and Balkans regions — […]
Steven E. Harris, Associate Professor of History, recently traveled to St. Petersburg, where he attended the conference “Living Cities of the Second World,” Feb. 27 to March 1, 2015.The conference was the third that Harris and Daria Bocharnikova (Harvard University) have organized in the past year for the Second World Urbanity project. The conference featured […]
