W&L Announces New Lecture Series Featuring Faculty’s Milestone Works

By Brian Laubscher
September 26, 2025

Beyond the Page is a new yearlong series of lectures launched by the Provost's Office to celebrate the significant scholarly and creative achievements of Washington and Lee University faculty.

Through this series, faculty members will share their milestone works, including recently published books, major articles or creative works. By highlighting the breadth of scholarly and artistic productivity at W&L, Beyond the Page invites the university community to engage more deeply with the intellectual and creative life on campus.

The series of lectures will be held in the Lemon Reading Room in Tucker Hall and will feature a talk followed by a reception. When available, books by the lecturer will be available for purchase. Each lecture will begin at 5 p.m. and is free and open to the university community.

"W&L faculty are incredible teachers," said Lena Hill, university provost and professor of English. "Our students benefit from our faculty's active research and creative programs, and we want to be sure our community also learns from their expertise. I hope Beyond the Page lectures celebrate milestone works by faculty and inspire our community to continue learning from one another."

The inaugural event will take place on Oct. 8 with a discussion inspired by the book "My Father's Orchards," written by Domnica Radulescu, Edwin A. Morris Professor of Comparative Literature. Radulescu will be introduced by Genelle Gertz, associate dean of strategic initiatives and Thomas H. Broadus Jr. Professor of English, before lecturing about her book, which will be published Oct. 7.

Radulescu's discussion is one of five Beyond the Page events scheduled throughout the Fall and Winter Terms. Additional talks will be held on Oct. 21, Feb. 17, March 17 and March 24.

Oct. 21 • Stuart Gray, associate professor of politics
"The Political Theory of the Bhagavad-Gita: Deep Ideology, Nationalism and Democratic Life on the Indian Subcontinent "

Feb. 17 • Russ Miller, J.B. Stombock Professor of Law
"An Introduction to German Law and Legal Culture"

March 17 • Mikki Brock, professor of history
"Plagues of the heart: Crisis and covenanting in a seventeenth-century Scottish town" March 24 • Jeff Kosky, professor of religion
"From the Heart: A Memoir and a Meditation on a Vital Organ< /a>" If you know any W&L faculty who would be great profile subjects, tell us about them! Nominate them for a web profile.