The UMW Classics Club and the department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion welcomed eight teams to UMW Certamen 2016 this past weekend!  The results are as follows: Level One - 1st Ni River Middle, 2nd Massaponax High School Level One-A - 1st Spotsylvania Middle, 2nd Ni River Middle School Level two 1st Riverbend High School A team, 2nd Riverbend High School B team Level three 1st Riverbend High School, 2nd Brooke Point High school Upper level 1st Riverbend High School, 2nd Massaponax High school Congratulations to all those who participated! For those of you who attended, please take a moment to fill out our survey.  And keep an eye out for Certamen 2017 in March!   … [Read more...]

CPR alum and religion major Jef Pierce successfully defended his PhD dissertation at UVA today. Here is some info from his page on the UVA dept website: Jef's Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “Exaltation of the Goddess: Narrative Expressions of the Feminine Divine in the Devīpurāṇa,” focuses on a subgroup of medieval devotional texts in which the Goddess is for the first time acknowledged as supreme within the Sanskrit Brahmanical milieu. By considering the intertextual relationships of the previously untranslated Devīpurāṇa – a foundational and influential Śākta text – and by drawing out the Tantric elements of the work, his research demonstrates the ways in which the text inherits an orthodox narrative vocabulary but reinvents it for an innovative vision of reality colored by local/indigenous considerations of the powerful feminine divine. … [Read more...]

​​The Center for Asian Studies is holding throughout the semester a series of meditation sessions, open to all interested students, staff, and faculty. All sessions will be led by students currently enrolled in CPRD 304, Contemplative Practice II, and will take place in the Leidecker Center of Asian Studies, Trinkle B39. For times, please consult the calendar. … [Read more...]

The department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion regretfully announced that due to the effects of Winter Storm Jonas the 2016 Jefferson Lecture has been cancelled.  As of now and unless otherwise indicated, the lecture will not be rescheduled. … [Read more...]

In spring 2016 we are offering CPRD 299 Mysterium Humanum Studies on the theme Religion and Violence (CPRD%20299%20FLYER%20POSTER). This will be a course built around an interdisciplinary speaker series, organized by Mehdi Aminrazavi (M & W 3-4:15; Trinkle 204), open to the public.  Please join us!  No reservations required. … [Read more...]

The Department of C, P, R reminds you of the following key dates for the spring term: 1/19 last day to drop a course without a W (thereafter it’s WF, Withdrawal Failing); 2/4 major declaration cards due; 3/18 last day to change to P/F and last day to withdraw without an F; 4/22 last day to withdraw from the University.  To declare a major in Classics, Philosophy, or Religion, you will need this form:  Major.Minor_.Declaration copy before March 4, 2016! … [Read more...]

Don't forget that the department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion has a number of scholarship opportunities for students majoring in one or more of our disciplines.  Check them out!  One that often flies beneath the radar is a $1000 National Latin Exam scholarship for students majoring in Latin.  Applications are due April 22. … [Read more...]