New book by Professor Ömür Harmanşah published.

     The Mellon workshop, established by a grant from the Andrew Mellon
Foundation, is awarded to graduate students in the Humanities.
Typically Brown awards only five graduate workshops each year. The
workshop is intended to both provide a means by which to facilitate
dissertation completion and to foster communication across disciplines
within the academy. Each group is encouraged to bring visitors to
campus who will enable their participants to refine their writing and
promote new depths of understanding in their work. On a more regular
basis, the groups serve as forums to discuss their participants’
writing and explore topics of mutual interest, thus fostering an
environment of collaboration and intellectual exchange.
     Julia's workshop is entitled "Local Religious Practice in the Ancient
World." In her proposal, she writes of the motivations and

New book on the lunar calendar co-edited by John Steele published.

This collection of papers explores the way cultures have dealt with
the vagaries of a lunar calendar on everyday life. The volume,
co-edited by John Steele, includes contributions by Steele and the
department's Leo Depuydt.

http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/92311/OnlyResult/Yes

Congratulations to Professor Laurel Bestock for receiving a Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship Award at the Sheridan Center University Awards Ceremony on May 7th, 2012.  Katherine Bergeron, Dean of the College, presented the award. The Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship is awarded each year to regular untenured members of the faculty (assistant professors and lecturers) who have achieved a record of excellence in teaching and scholarship during their first years at Brown.