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Lenfest Grant Symposia

October 3, 2015

9:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Science Center Room #A214

Contact: T.J. Tallie

The Lenfest University-Wide Colloquium, an initiative sponsored by the Provost’s office, is a new event designed to showcase the research that W&L faculty undertake using summer Lenfest Grants. The inaugural meeting of the colloquium begins this weekend.

From 9 am to 12 pm on October 3rd and 9 am to 11 am on October 10th, faculty presenters will describe some element of their Lenfest-funded summer research in a public forum. Faculty participants have been allotted 10 minutes to present, and additional time has been set aside for questions and discussion. All presentations will take place in Howe Hall (Science Addition) 214.

All members of the Washington and Lee community—students, staff, faculty, family members, and area residents—are invited to attend, to learn more about W&L faculty members’ research, and to explore and share opportunities for collaboration in the university and the community more broadly.

If you have any questions about the Inaugural Lenfest University-Wide Colloquium, please contact Lynn Chin, T. J. Tallie, or Caleb Dance.

Sincerely,
Daniel A. Wubah, Provost

P.S. Because light refreshments are being provided, those interested in attending are asked to register at https://managementtools3.wlu.edu/WLUForms/WLU/Default.aspx?Form=770. A list of presenters and topics is below.

Inaugural Lenfest Colloquium: Panels, Presenters, and Titles

October 3, 2015 || 9 am to 12 pm, Howe Hall 214

Unearthing the Spooky

Alison Bell (Sociology and Anthropology): “‘I am the Spirit of the Corpse You Buried at the Crossroads’: Current Trends and Context in Cemetery Practice”
Mikki Brock (History): “Storms, Sermons, and Satan: My Summer in the Scottish Archives”
Nadia Ayoub (Biology): “How do Spiders Spin So Many Silks?”
Re-Vision: Transformations

Robin Le Blanc (Politics): “Building a Beautifully Poor Public: New Visions of Democratic Community in Italy and Japan”
Caleb Dance (Classics): “That’s Not Unfunny, Homer!”
Simon Levy (Computer Science): “Drones @ W&L”
Time Travel

T.J. Tallie (History): “School’s Out: Uncovering Histories of Colonial Education in South Africa”
Stephen McCormick (Romance Languages): “Researching Fifteenth-Century Italian Cartography in Florence, Italy”
Stephen Lind (Business Administration): “Christmas in the 1970s”