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Thomas Wilson, the Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies, recently joined the editorial board of The Journal of Asian Studies as an associate editor.

Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies Thomas Wilson presented a paper titled, "Confucian Ritual Hermeneutics of the Gods,” at the "Confucianism Enchanted" panel of the national meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Denver, in November.

An article about Confucian cult rites, by Thomas Wilson, the Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies, appears in the November issue History of Religions.

Associate Professor of Asian Studies Abhishek Amar, a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellow, recently presented lectures at the University of Tokyo.

Associate Professor of Asian Studies Abhishek S. Amar recently delivered a special lecture at an International conference on “Buddhist Cultural Heritage of India: Recent Archaeological Findings” which was organized by Savitribai Phule Pune University, India.

Dean of Faculty Suzanne Keen recognized 14 faculty members with Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards in three categories at the May 3 faculty meeting.

During his Hamilton years, Michael Lang ’67 was a habitue, maybe the only habitue, of the Rare Book Room (then known as the Treasure Room), which saw little use by students. That seemed a shame to Lang.

Assistant Professor of Asian Studies Usman Hamid published an article in the peer reviewed Journal of Hindu Studies titled "The Footprint of the Prophet at the Gate to Mecca: Mediating Empire, Pilgrimage, and Prophetic Piety in Mughal Gujarat."

Hamilton welcomed 51 new faculty members including eight new tenure-track in addition to visiting professors, lecturers, and teaching fellows for the 2021-22 academic year. The College is in the midst of a 10-year period, begun in 2015, during which nearly half of its faculty will reach average retirement age.

We asked a few of our newest faculty to tell us why they chose Hamilton and share some initial thoughts about our community. Here's what they had to say: