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NOTE: Date changes: Chop Puja and Skeleton dance is now Tuesday, March 8. The lecture on Buddhism & a Course in Happiness is Wednesday, March 9. The Comparative Religions Club and Gawande Organization at Ohio University are sponsoring a visit from Tibetan Monks from Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery in Dehradun, India. […]

Dr. Lynne Lancaster, Professor of Classics & World Religions, published a book on Innovative Vaulting in Architecture of the Roman Empire, 1st to 4th Centuries CE. Cambridge University Press 2015. Abstract: This book studies six vaulting techniques employed in architecture outside of Rome and asks why they were invented where […]

The guest speaker at the Wednesday, Nov. 18, CLAS 3800 Colloquium is Dr. Kevin Uhalde, Professor of History at Ohio University. He will be talk about his research on Tertullian titled “The Picture of Repentance.”  The lecture begins at 5:35 p.m. in Ellis 212.

Dr. Awad Halabi on The Transformation of the Prophet Moses Festival in Jerusalem: From Islamic Pilgrimage to Civic Ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 7-8 p.m. in Baker Center 231. Halabi is Associate Professor and Coordinator for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Wright State University. The talk is sponsored by […]

A book co-edited by Dr. Tom Carpenter on “The Italic People of Ancient Apulia: New Evidence from Pottery for Workshops, Markets, and Customs” was published by Cambridge University Press. Carpenter is the Charles J. Ping Professor of Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Classics at Ohio University. His co-editors were K.M. […]

The College Arts & Sciences Awards Committee recently awarded Dr. Jaclyn Maxwell, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, the Dean’s Outstanding Teacher Award. The award recognizes excellence in teaching across a three-year period, in this case the 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15 academic years. Maxwell holds a joint appointment in […]

Haley Shaw ’15 received a Friends of the Libraries scholarship for her thesis research on Ancient Greek gynecology. Shaw is double majoring in Anthropology and Classical Civilization with a minor in Music. To be considered for the scholarships, student employees were encouraged to submit an essay on their experience using […]