Posted on January 17, 2012 by Joanna Baker
Walter Witschey has released his first serious work under the Longwood imprimatur and aegis, entitled Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica, and published by The Scarecrow Press, Inc. His co-author is Clifford T. Brown of Florida Atlantic University. This dictionary offers students, researchers, and other interested persons concise definitions and descriptions of the major peoples, places, ideas, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Posted on October 4, 2011 by Jennifer Capaldo
Jennifer Capaldo has the following forthcoming national presentations. “Angel of the Amazon: Social Consciousness and Activism in Modern American Opera” will be co-presented with pianist/composer Evan Mack (Skidmore College) at the College Music Society’s National Conference on Friday, October 21, 2011. Our focus will be on discussion of Sister Dorothy Stang, the subject of the opera […]
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Posted on October 3, 2011 by Sean Ruday
An article written by Assistant Professor of English Sean Ruday has been accepted for publication in the journal Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. This article, “Expanding the possibilities of discussion: A strategic approach to using online discussion boards in the middle and high school English classroom,” examines the use of online discussion boards […]
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