Book Release: Torture and Brutality

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Larissa Tracy

Colleagues and Friends,
I am pleased to announce the publication and release of my new book: Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: Negotiations of National Identity.
Published by D.S. Brewer.
Check out the link on Amazon, consider clicking ‘like’.
http://www.amazon.com/Torture-Brutality-Medieval-Literature-Negotiations/dp/1843842882/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324669442&sr=8-1

“An ugly subject, but one that needs to be treated thoroughly and comprehensively, with a discreet wit and no excessive relish. These needs are richly satisfied in Larissa Tracy’s bold and important book.” DEREK PEARSALL, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University.

Thank you so much!

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David Shoenthal

Posted on December 14, 2011 by David Shoenthal

Associate Professor of Mathematics David Shoenthal had a puzzle published by the MAA magazine FOCUS.  “A Four Color Problem,” a modified Sudoku puzzle, appears on page 19 of the December 2011/January 2012 issue and is available online.

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History Professor Interviewed for a Magazine Article.

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Phillip Cantrell

Phil Cantrell, of the Department of History, Political Science and Philosophy, was interviewed for an article by Christianity Today  magazine about the politics behind the recent break between the Anglican Church of Rwanda and the Anglican Mission in the Americas.  Cantrell’s research and publishing focuses on colonial and post-genocide Rwanda.  He and Longwood were cited in the article, “Out of Africa: What AMiA’s Exodus from Rwanda Portends for Global Christianity”, on December 11.  The link to the article follows: https://owa.longwood.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=661edc5a8ec246098505558b8b10c8eb&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.christianitytoday.com%2fct%2f2011%2fdecemberweb-only%2fexodus-from-rwanda.html%3fstart%3d1

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Christopher Swanson

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Christopher Swanson

Christopher Swanson will perform Handel’s Messiah as the tenor soloist on Friday, December 2, in Lynchburg Va at Heritage Baptist Church. He will perform with the Lynchburg College Choir and Orchestra.

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David Buckalew and BES students at Microbiological Society.

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Joanna Baker

David Buckalew and Longwood Biology students Sarah Lucento and Timothy Smith presented posters of their research entitled: “Salmonella species numbers much great than indicator bacteria in environmental waters” and “Use of indicator bacteria for assessment of water:  change of a paradigm?” at the Virginia Branch meetings of the American Society for Microbiology (VA-ASM) held at Virginia Tech on November 4 and 5.  The students have worked for 2 semesters with Dr. Buckalew in examining, among other select pathogens, correlations between counts of Salmonella bacteria and counts of common indicator bacteria such as coliforms and, specifically, Escherichia coli (E. coli) within 3 stream sites in south central Virginia.  This year’s meeting was the 70th anniversary of the VA-ASM, with over 200 faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students in attendance.  

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Michael Mergen and Erin Devine

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Erin Devine

Professors Michael Mergen and Erin Devine presented on Saturday at the Southeast College Art Conference, hosted this year by the Savannah College of Art & Design.  For the panel Get Out of the Car: Photography and the Local, Professor Mergen presented his work traveling around the country, photographing unusual polling centers as unique spaces that address the nature of community and civic engagement in the U.S.  For the panel Race & Gender in the Photographic Image, Dr. Devine read an abbreviated essay, “Exocticization as Strategy: Race & Gender in the Photography of Shirin Neshat,” which she is developing into an article for publication.

Both professors were very well received, and were invited by panelists and audience members to present their work at other upcoming conferences.  Go Photo!

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Christopher Gulgas

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Christopher Gulgas

Christopher Gulgas presented a talk on Oct. 27, 2011 entitled “Terbium (III) chelates respond to capsaicinoids in water through luminescence enhancement: Understanding the mechanism” at the 63rd Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Richmond, VA.  Four of his Longwood undergraduate research students presented a total of 2 posters at the undergraduate poster session of this meeting as well, highlighting the results of their work this semester. 

Christopher has also recently submitted a proposal (11/14/2011) for the Cottrell College Scholar Award  to Research Corporation for the Advancement of Science to secure funds for summer research with undergraduates over the next two summers.  The proposal is entitled “Development of luminescent lanthanide-based molecular sensors for the detection and quantification of capsaicinoids” and aims to create a new method for determining the heat level of various hot sauces using luminescence spectroscopy.

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Christopher Swanson

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Joanna Baker

Dr. Christopher Swanson will present a lecture on the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 4:30 pm at Hampden Sydney College in the Family and Friends Room, Venable Hall. His talk is for the HSC Classics Club and will cover Music, Mythology and Manic depression. The event is free and open to the public.

swansoncl@longwood.edu
Christopher Swanson

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Erin Devine

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Erin Devine

Dr. Erin Devine, Asst. Professor of Art History, is presenting a paper, Exoticism as Strategy: Race & Gender in the Photography of Shirin Neshat, at the 67th Annual Southeast College Art Conference in Savannah, GA. The presentation is part of the panel Race & Gender in the Photographic Image and her paper is derived from her recently completed doctoral dissertation, From Translation to Transgression: The Feminism(s) of Shirin Neshat.

Devine has also recently written an exhibition review of Three Ring Circus for RVA Magazine.  The exhibition is at the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts through January 5th.  The review can be accessed at http://rvamag.com/articles/full/12732/three-ring-circus-is-over-the-top-in-farmville

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Larissa Fergeson

Posted on October 19, 2011 by James Munson

Dr. Larissa Fergeson attended the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute for College and University Teachers at the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard for four weeks. The institute focused on African-American Struggles for Freedom and Civil Rights, 1865-1965. NEH Summer Institutes aim to prepare NEH Summer Scholars to return to their classrooms with a deeper knowledge of current scholarship in key fields of the humanities.” Dr. Fergeson, whose research focuses on civil rights history in Virginia, used the institute to revise her courses on African-American History and on the Civil Rights Movement in the South, as well as to work on her book manuscript, Where the South Begins: Civil Rights Struggles in Virginia, 1930-1960.

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