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Hyaeweol Choi builds connections across cultures, classrooms, and communities
Monday, September 21, 2026
From her research on Korea to founding the Korean Studies Research Network, Choi explores how people, ideas, and traditions move across borders.
Richard Brent Turner traces the intersection of religion, jazz, and lived experience
Friday, August 28, 2026
Richard Brent Turner's scholarship has evolved across disciplines and communities, bringing together African American religion, music, history, and lived experience to illuminate connections that can be difficult to see from inside the classroom alone.
CLAS Egyptologist Nicholas Brown uncovers ancient Egypt through lives forgotten to history
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Brown, assistant professor of Egyptology in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies, describes himself as a social historian. His research uses archaeology and written records to understand how ancient Egyptians lived outside the royal courts that dominate popular images of the period.
