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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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.