Mehdi Aminrazavi, professor of Philosophy and Religion and Co-Director of the Leidecker Center for Asian Studies, presented a paper entitled “The Pearls and Perils of Teaching the Prophetic Message Virtually” at the International Conference on Islamic E-Learning.Sponsored jointly by The Islamic College of London and Middlesex University, the conference was held in London on May […]
Donna Dollings ’80 and Mark Keith ’87, who majored in Latin at the University of Mary Washington, were both recipients of prestigious awards for their teaching last year.Dollings received the Angela Lloyd Book Award from the Classical Association of Virginia. TheJames River High School teacher won the award for dedication to her students. Here is what […]
Mehdi Aminrazavi, professor of philosophy and religion, published eight articles in “The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam.” The articles are on Islamic philosophers and one school of philosophy: Ishrāqiyyūn (Illuminationists). These medieval philosophers wrote commentaries on Plato and Aristotle and introduced new ideas of their own to create a rapprochement between […]
Hallie Feingold ’13, Lindsay Biddinger Herndon ’05 and Kevin Perry ’00 were each named as Teacher of the Year at their respective schools for 2013-14.Each of the recipients majored in Latin at the University of Mary Washington and all three won the Outstanding Graduate in Classics Award their graduation year.“We could not be prouder of […]
Join the Leidecker Center for Asian Studies and the Department of Classics, Philosophy and Religion for a lecture by Sheila A. Smith on Monday, March 24 at 4 p.m. in Trinkle 201. Smith, who will discuss “Risk Reduction in the East China Sea,” is a senior fellow for Japan studies for the Council on Foreign […]
