For the Record, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024

For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Recent presentations, publications, honors, training and appointments include the following:

Presentations

On Oct. 25, 2024, Margaret Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and professor of humanities, was an invited participant in the online Autumn Symposium, "At the Helm: Spotlight on Special Collections and Teaching for the Liberal Arts." This was organized by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, a nonprofit scholarly organization based at Princeton. The first event of the day was a multimedia lecture by Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow, UD Library, Museums and Press, titled "The Past Was Present in the Past: Victorians and Their Medieval Connections in the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection." It featured images of and information about some of the important holdings in that collection at the UD Library, including manuscript material related to the Victorian art critic John Ruskin, the poet and painter D. G. Rossetti, and the designer, writer and founder of the Kelmscott Press William Morris.

Publications

Rudi Matthee, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History, had his coedited book Russians in Iran: Diplomacy and the Politics of Power in the Qajar Ear and Beyond (2018) come out in a second Persian translation: Rusha dar Iran. Diplumasi va qodrat dar 'asr-e Qajar va pas az an, trans. Mohsen Askari Jahaqi (Tehran: Entesharat-e Negah, 2022).

Harold B. White, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry; Robert W. Lake, retired UD extension entomologist, now deceased; Michael C. Moore, retired professor of biological sciences; and James F. White, retired Delaware Nature Society and instructor in entomology and wildlife ecology, published an article, "Status of Odonata on the Delmarva Peninsula" in the journal Bulletin of American Odonatology. Their article describes the current knowledge of the 138 species of dragonflies and damselflies known from the Delmarva Peninsula, of which nine species were observed for the first time since 2011. Their collaboration includes seven coauthors: James D. Brighton of the Maryland Biodiversity Project; Rick Cheicante, biologist, Bel Aire, Maryland; John H. Gillespie, professor emeritus of evolution, University of California, Davis; William J. Hubick, Maryland Biodiversity Project; Richard Orr, entomologist, Columbia, Maryland; Aaron Reb, entomologist, Frederica, Delaware; and Steven M. Roble, senior entomologist, Virginia Division of Natural Heritage.

Heinz-Uwe Haus, professor of theatre, published in the recent issue of Lumina Lina (An.XXIX/Nr. 4, Octombrie-Decembrie 2024, New York) an article "Transcultural theater andidentity: four notations." Haus summarizes: "The direction of the 'Europeanization' of thenations of Europe since the reunification of the continent is clear: 'Drawing on the cultural, religious and humanist heritage of Europe,' it says literally in the preamble to the Treaty on European Union (TEU). One of the most important objectives is for the community to 'safeguard the richness of its cultural and linguistic diversity' and 'ensure the protection and development of Europe's cultural heritage' (Article 3 TEU). This political view of the essence of intercultural and transcultural cooperation should encourage theatremakers to bring the tragedies and comedies that have shaped the history of European drama to a contemporary audience."

Honors