This talk will take place on Wednesday, April 8 at 4:30 PM in Humanities Commons, 220.
Sponsored by the Theodore F. Adams Lecture Fund, Classical Studies, and the Humanities Center.
Join University of Richmond Professors, Shahan Mufti (Journalism) and Yucel Yanikdag (History) in conversation with Peyman Jafari, Assistant Professor of History at William and Mary and expert on the modern Middle East.
This talk will take place on Monday, March 23 at 4:30 PM in the Whitehurst Living Room.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Peyman Jafari is a historian of labor, oil, and revolution and a scholar of the politics and international relations of Iran and the Middle East. He is Assistant Professor of History and International Relations at William & Mary
Reghan Ruf, '21, majored in biology and religious studies at the University of Richmond. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in biogeochemistry at the University of Akron. Listen to her insights on how her studies in religious studies and biology have complemented each other.
Douglas Winiarski, professor of religious studies, was awarded the annual John M. Murrin Essay Prize for “Revisioning the Shawnee Prophet: Revitalization Movements, Religious Studies, and the Ontological Turn” for the best article published in Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal in 2024.
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Rhiannon Graybill, Marcus M. and Carole M. Weinstein & Gilbert M. and Fannie S. Rosenthal Chair of Jewish Studies, was tapped as founding co-editor for a new Bloomsbury book series called Sexing Scripture. The series publishes cutting edge research on gender, sex, sexuality, and religious texts.
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Mimi Hanaoka, associate professor of religious studies, has been named Associated Colleges of the South Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow for 2025–27.
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Rhiannon Graybill, Marcus M. and Carole M. Weinstein & Gilbert M. and Fannie S. Rosenthal Chair of Jewish Studies, published Narrating Rape: Shifting Perspectives in Biblical Literature and Popular Culture by SCM Press.
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Religious studies professor Doug Winiarski is interviewed on this podcast.
Richmond is among the top 25 institutions in the small colleges category supporting Gilman Scholars. Since the program started in 2001, 118 University of Richmond students have been offered Gilman Scholarships.
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Interim Chair: Manuella Meyer
Academic Administrative Specialist: Emily Peebles
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