For the Record, Dec. 7, 2007

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2:15 p.m., Dec. 7, 2007--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

Publications

Philip Goldstein, professor, Associate in Arts Program, “From Communism to Black Studies and Beyond: The Reception of Richard Wright's Native Son,” in Richard Wright's Native Son, Ana Marie Fraile, editor, Rodopi Press, 2007.

Presentations

Rudi Matthee, professor of history, “Were the Safavids an Empire?” at the 41st annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, Nov. 20, Montreal.

Richard P. Wool, professor of chemical engineering and Center for Composite Materials, “Advanced Bio-based Polymers and Composites,” plenary address at the Fiber Reinforced Composites meeting, Dec. 10, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Service

Rudi Matthee, professor of history, co-organized “Portugal, the Persian Gulf and Safavid Persia,” a conference held at the Sackler and Freer Galleries, Washington, D.C., Sept. 8-9.