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History hangout builds buzz for next semester’s courses
University of Richmond students connect with faculty, explore new classes, and get an early look at what’s ahead.
How Do We Inherit?
This question may focus on philosophical and speculative questions about traditions, canons, and curricula. It might include considerations of both endurance and disruption in a wide variety of ways. Asking this question might entail thinking in detail about the complexities of inheritance in political, psychological, legal, religious, or social terms.
Feature Stories
Faculty Awards
University of Richmond Professor Kurt Beals on International Book Prize Shortlist for Work in Translation
Kurt Beals is on the shortlist for the James Tait Black Prize for his translation of Jenny Erpenbeck’s Things that Disappear: Reflections and Memories.
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University of Richmond students explore other cultures through music
Students will present Indonesian, Japanese, West African, Brazilian, and Indian music at the upcoming Global Sounds concert.
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University of Richmond senior’s fellowship validates her creative work
Helen Mei uses photography and digital storytelling to explore how people experience the same place in different ways.
Humanities Faculty News
Beals awarded honorable mention for book of poetry translation
Kurt Beals, visiting associate professor of German studies, received an honorable mention for the Stephen Mitchell Prize for Excellence in Translation for So the Day Begins: Grief Refrain, a translation of Anja Utler’s book of poetry.
State association names Simpson teacher of the year
Dean Simpson, professor of classical studies, received the 2026 Lurlene W. Todd Teacher of the Year Award from the Classical Association of Virginia. The award recognizes an outstanding Latin teacher or professor of Latin, Greek, classics, or archaeology on any instructional level in Virginia.
Beals' work named to shortlist for top German-English translation prize
Kurt Beals, visiting associate professor of German studies, was named to the shortlist for the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize for his translation of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic novel All Quiet on the Western Front. The award is considered one of the top prizes for German-English translators.
Sweis presents at University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Rania Kassab Sweis, associate professor of anthropology, presented "The Politics of Medicine in the Middle East" at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in honor of National Arab American Heritage Month.
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