Gasimov publishes on global impact of Russian thinker’s ideas
Kamal Gasimov, assistant professor of Arabic studies, published “Eurasia and eschatology. Dugin’s antiliberal resonances in the Muslim world” in Studies in East European Thought.
Faculty Accomplishments
Gasimov publishes on Sufi theory of Islamic law
Kamal Gasimov, assistant professor of Arabic studies, published “Philosophical Encyclopedia in a Mystical Fatwā: The Sufi Readers of the ‘Brethren of Purity’ (Iḫwān al-Ṣafāʾ) in Sixteenth-Century Cairo under Ottoman Rule” in Arabica: Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
Bertucci selected as fellow for University of Richmond Center for Liberal Arts and AI
Sonja Bertucci, assistant professor of languages, literatures, and cultures (film studies), was named a University of Richmond Center for Liberal Arts and AI (CLAAI) 2025-2026 Fellow.
Pappas publishes book on disorder in the 19th-century French art world
Sara Pappas, associate professor of French and visual culture, published the book Naturalism's Imaginary Museum, French Art, and the Eclectic Nineteenth Century.
Marsh-Soloway publishes book on Dostoevsky's math themes
Michael Marsh-Soloway, teaching faculty of literatures, languages, and cultures, published The Mathematical Mind of F. M. Dostoevsky: Imaginary Numbers, Non-Euclidean Geometry, and Infinity.
Gao published on the great Chinese famine's impact on trust
Gengsong Gao, associate professor of Chinese studies, published "The long-term impact of the great Chinese famine experiences on trust in the current Chinese government" in the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies.
Delers and Hanaoka named ACS Mellon Academic Leadership Fellows
Olivier Delers, professor of French, and Mimi Hanaoka, associate professor of religious studies, have been named Associated Colleges of the South Mellon Academic Leadership Fellows for 2025–27.
Beals published new translation of All Quiet on the Western Front
Kurt Beals, visiting associate professor of German studies and humanities fellow in literary translation, published a new translation of Erich Maria Remarque's classic anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front.
