Paul Fallon, Associate Professor of Linguistics, presented the paper “The Lexicostatistics of Central Cushitic (Agaw)” at the 42nd annual meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (NACAL), held this year at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, Feb. 14-16, 2014.
Fallon Presents at Afroasiatic Linguistics Conference
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Tweedy Discusses Booker T. Washington at Conference
On Saturday, February 8, 2014, Clarence W. “Danny” Tweedy III, Associate Professor of English, presented the paper “(Re)thinking Booker T.: (Re)reading Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery as a Trickster Text” at the Auburn University at Montgomery Liberal Arts Conference on Southern Studies in Montgomery, Alabama.
McAllister Publishes Article
Marie E. McAllister, Professor of English, has published an article in Source: Notes on the History of Art. “A Flaxman Mystery Solved: Lalande, Flaxman’s Venice Visit, and the Attribution of British Library Add. MS 39890” grows out of McAllister’s work on the 18th-century travel writer Ann Flaxman, wife of the famous British sculptor John Flaxman (1755-1826). A series of fortuitous discoveries in library archives enabled McAllister to demonstrate that a manuscript long taken as a significant source on John Flaxman’s travels and education was in fact a translation from a French travel book, not an actual travel journal. UMW colleague Marjorie Och helped suggest an ideal publication venue for this discovery, which will be of interest to historians of Neoclassical art as well as scholars working on travel literature.
Surupa Gupta Added to ICTSD Trade Expert Network
Surupa Gupta, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, has been added to the network of experts for the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD). Based in Geneva, ICTSD is an independent non-profit and non-governmental organisation that seeks to empower stakeholders in trade policy through information, networking, dialogue, well-targeted research and capacity-building. Its goal is to further the cause of sustainable development. It maintains consultative status with most international organizations and other civil society networks.