Breaking New Ground
Classics major Ana Tkabladze '14 witnessed a revolutionary archaeological dig.
Alumna to Give Lecture, Nov. 20
Gain a more dynamic understanding of early Islamic society and the nature of religious interaction during a lecture entitled “Religious Identity and Conversion between Christianity and Early Islam (650-900 C.E.)” by Anna Chrysostomides on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. in Trinkle Hall, Room 204.
Chrysostomides is a 2007 University of Mary Washington religion graduate and a Ph.D. candidate in theology and religion at Saint Antony’s College, Oxford, England.
Mehdi Aminrazavi Publishes Chapter
Professor of Philosophy and Religion Mehdi Aminrazavi’s work has recently been published in The Great Umar Khayyam: A Global Reception of the Rubaiyat edited by A. A. Seyed-Gohrab.
The book includes Aminrazavi’s chapter, “ Reading the Rubaiyyat as Resistance Literature.”
James Goehring Delivers Address in Rome
James Goehring, professor of religion, presented an invited plenary address on “Recent Research in Egyptian Monasticism (2008-2012)” at the Tenth International Congress of Coptic Studies in Rome from Sept. 17 to 22.
Mehdi Aminrazavi Publishes an Article
Professor of Philosophy and Religion Mehdi Aminrazavi’s article chapter “He Who Knows Himself, Knows His Lord: Reflections on Avicenna’s Suspended Man Argument” appears in “The Judeo-Christian-Islamic Heritage: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives.” The book, published by Marquette University Press in June 2012, is edited by Richard C. Taylor and Irfan A. Omar.
Mary Beth Mathews Offers Opinion in Fredericksburg Newspaper
Mary Beth Mathews, associate professor of religion, wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Friday, Dec. 9 issue of The Free Lance-Star. The article, “U.S. Voters Do Care What Candidates Believe,” argues that American voters are interested in political candidates’ religious beliefs and practices.
Award-winning Author to Speak, Thursday
Dr. Stephen Solomon, 
the award-winning author of “Ellery’s Protest” and a professor at NYU, will deliver the lecture titled “God in Classroom: The Misunderstood Conflict Dividing America” on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 4 p.m.
in the Woodard Campus Center, Red Room. The free lecture is sponsored by the Department of Political Science and International Affairs, Campus Academic Resources Committee and the Department of Classics, Philosophy and Religion. For more information, contact Emile Lester at elester@umw.edu or 540/654-1146.