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

Recent presentations, publications and rankings include the following:

Presentations

On Nov. 2, 2026, Margaret Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and professor of humanities, was an invited participant at an event organized by the International Elizabeth von Arnim Society. The society, which promotes the study of work by the writer Elizabeth von Arnim (1866-1941) – probably best known today for her 1922 novel, Enchanted April – arranged this online event to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the publication of another work of fiction, Introduction to Sally. Stetz spoke about the links between that 1926 novel and an earlier story by the British feminist author Rebecca West, "Indissoluble Matrimony," which had appeared in the radical British journal Blast in 1914, a time when both West and von Arnim were involved romantically with H.G. Wells. 

Publications

Rudi Matthee, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History, had his 2012 study, Persia in Crisis: The Decline of the Safavids and the Fall of Isfahan, come out in a Turkish translation, Safevilerin Gerilemesi ve Isfahan’ın Düşüşü, trans. Aykut Mustak (Istanbul: VakıfBank Kültür Yayınları, 2026).  

Heinz-Uwe Haus, professor emeritus of theatre and dance, reviewed in the newest issue of Lumina Lina (An XXXI/4, October - December, 2026, New York), a publication of the Romanian poet-priest Marcel Miron, titled "Semne Contemporare /Gegenwärtige Zeichen," translated by Mircea M. Pop and Joachim Schwietzke, Timpul, Iași, 2024 (bilingual: Romanian and German). The author compels the readers with this collection of poetry into the spaces between the words, committing images of his soul and spirit. And one makes a discovery: "it is worth tracing the secret kinship between poetry and prayer" (Theo Damian).

Rankings

The Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics climbed nine places to No. 41 in The Case Centre’s 2026 Impact Index, which recognizes the 50 business schools whose teaching cases have the greatest global reach. Now in its fourth year, the index highlights the influence of case-based learning in business management education worldwide. Lerner College has 28 teaching cases in The Case Centre’s collection, including cases developed through the Women’s Leadership Initiative Case Series, led by Amanda Bullough, a management professor at Lerner College. The series uses real-world leadership experiences to help students develop critical thinking, decision-making and problem-solving skills. The recognition reflects Lerner’s commitment to pioneering scholarship and experiential learning, connecting faculty expertise with practical business challenges and extending the college’s educational impact to classrooms around the world.

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