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The Spring 2018 courses that fulfill requirements for the Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate include three courses. Students and advisors interested in learning more about the MENA studies certificate should consult the requirements and contact the coordinator of the program, Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish at abuz@ohio.edu. CLWR 4330 – Political […]

Dr. Myrna Perez Sheldon received two outside grants this year, a short-term fellowship from the Library Company of Philadelphia and one from the American Philosophical Society. Sheldon is Assistant Professor of Classics & World Religions and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Ohio University, She was awarded a Mellon Scholars Program […]

WOUB’s Conversations from Studio B recently hosted a roundtable discussion between academics and artists on “Material Histories: Cultures of Resistance,” showing Sept. 29 through Oct. 22 at Majestic Galleries in Nelsonville, Ohio. The exhibition brings together work by contemporary ceramicists focusing on human rights, natural resources, and the intersections of […]

The Classics & World Religions Department and the Between Love and Hate Theme present “Concepts of Race Mixing and Miscegenation in 19th Century America and Ancient India”on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 5 p.m. in Bentley 110. This conversation features Dr. Myrna Perez Sheldon, Assistant Professor of Classics & World Religions […]

  On Friday, Oct. 13, at 1:3o pm in the Mitchell Auditorium of the OHIO School of Art + Design, a panel of faculty members and artists will convene as part of the Material Histories: Cultures of Resistance Exhibit. The panel will feature openning commentary and audience-participation around the themes […]

Dr. Neil Bernstein, Professor of Classics & World Religions, published two books in 2017. Seneca: Hercules Furens is in the Bloomsbury series Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. It was published in London by Bloomsbury Academic. About Seneca: Hercules Furens: Hercules is the best-known character from classical mythology. Seneca’s play […]

Dr. Myrna Perez Sheldon co-authored a chapter in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology, edited by John Hart. (John Wiley & Sons, 2017). She and co-author Naomi Oreskes wrote a chapter titled “The Religious Politics of Scientific Doubt: Evangelical Christians and Environmentalism in the United States.” Sheldon is […]