Humanities

This conference brings six distinguished scholars from France, Australia, the UK, and the US to grounds on September 18, 2015.

Xinyan conducts ethnographic research on closely connected Christian communities in Charlottesville, Virginia and Shanghai,China, to explore the intersection of religiosity, spirituality, morality, and mentality shaped by Chinese and American cultures and specific localities.

This research examines the recent induction of women in a hybrid police-military commando-training unit in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Pakistan.

The Global Thriving Cities Project is an extension of the Thriving Cities Project.

Beginning in 2006, with the Jaipur Literature Festival, there has been an urgency to host literature festivals in all the major cities of India and Pakistan.

I'm currently conducting ethnographic research in Kathmandu for my dissertation in Anthropology.

My dissertation explores the writings of Jorge Luis Borges, an Argentinean poet, essayist, and short story writer, from the vantage point of analytical bibliography.

Exploring the tragic dispersal of imperial art collections during the early Soviet period.

A UVA research committee will work Summer and Fall 2015 to initiate the organization and planning of a new UVA family of research teams on religion, conflict, and foreign affairs.

Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako will be at UVA for an artist residency from April 9-13, 2015.