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SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 2025 Elizabeth A. Clark Lecture Series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Shaily Patel
Title:<\/strong> Magic, Heresiology, and the Study of Early Christianity: Towards an Historiography of Possibility<\/em>
Date:<\/strong> October 2, 2025
Time:<\/strong> 5 PM
Location:<\/strong> SEAC145, University of Mary Washington (UMW)
Admission:<\/strong> Free and open to the public
Contact:<\/strong> Jennifer Barry \u2013 jbarry@umw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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