Join us ONLINE for the final Mary Talk of the 2020-21 academic year!Amusement parks have held a special allure for Americans as places to gather, relax, and have fun. During the baby boom, more family-oriented theme parks were developed. But besides Disneyland, few of these fairy-tale playlands survived into the 21st Century.Dr. Christine Henry, assistant […]
Join us ONLINE for the next Mary Talk of the 2020-21 academic year! In January 2020, UMW launched Farmer Legacy 2020: A Centennial Celebration and Commitment to Action to recognize what would have been the 100th birthday of Dr. James Farmer, national civil rights icon and Mary Washington College professor from 1985 to 1998. While […]
Join us ONLINE for the next Mary Talk of the year.This year’s series continues with Dr. Pamela Grothe, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, presenting “COVID-19 and Climate: What Impact is the Pandemic Having on the Environment?”In her research, Dr. Grothe uses natural archives to reconstruct the climate hundreds to thousands of years ago. […]
Join us ONLINE for the next Mary Talk of the 2019-20 academic year.Next in this year’s series is Eric Gable, professor of anthropology and recipient of the 2018 Waple Faculty Professional Achievement Award at UMW, presenting “An Anthropology of Art: Images and Objects from a Cross-Cultural Perspective.”Professor Gable’s lecture distills his current book project, which […]
Join us (on campus or online!) for the first Mary Talk of the 2019-20 academic year. Dr. Elizabeth Larus, professor of political science and international affairs and a 2019 Fulbright recipient, will present “The Chinese Dream and the New Silk Road.” The Chinese Dream is Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s goal of national rejuvenation with the […]
