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
Rhiannon Graybill, Marcus M. and Carole M. Weinstein & Gilbert M. and Fannie S. Rosenthal Chair of Jewish Studies, published the book Ruth: Themes and Issues in Biblical Studies. The volume explores a balanced approach to understanding gender dynamics in biblical narratives, emphasizing that women like Naomi and Ruth possess agency and power despite existing within patriarchal systems.
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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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