By: Mai Do, a Political Science major. The following work was created for POL 401: Empirical Research Methods. There are myriad influences on voter turnout: education, party identification, income. As American society changes over time, this list only grows. Decades of surveying Americans has revealed some patterns in Americans’ voting behaviors, but societal, cultural, economic,…
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“Now My Country and I are One:” Czartoryski, Lelewel, and Mickiewicz as Foundational Persons in Polish Nationalism
By: Patrick Jackson, a History major. The following work was created for HIS 494: Europe in the Age of Revolution. Brief description: “This paper is divided into three sections, focusing on Prince Adam Czartoryski, Joachim Lelewel, and Adam Mickiewicz respectively. In the first section, I analyze Czartoryski’s shift from a pan-Slavist in support of the…
Thoreau’s Dilling?
By: Julia Manaraze, a Humanities major. The following work was created for ENG 347: American Environmental Writing. Brief description: “In this essay, I sought to rectify the common misconception that Annie Dillard’s book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is merely a “new-and-improved” Walden. Though Dillard greatly admired Henry David Thoreau’s work and even wrote her senior…
From the Theoretical to the Practical: Tracing the Synthesis of Valentine de Saint-Point’s Artistic Theories in her Performance La Métachorie (1913)
By: Shannon Neal, an English major. The following work was created for ART 394: Women Artists. Brief description: “As is the case with most futurist women artists, little scholarship has been written on the multimedia performance art of Valentine de Saint-Point. When she is mentioned, the focus is on her two notable manifestos published in…
Identity and Femininity in Flux: An Examination of Collage Figuration by Wangechi Mutu
By: Madi Shenk ’19, a Humanities major. The following work was created for ART 394: Women Artists. Brief description: “This paper explores contemporary artist Wangechi Mutu’s collage works as a means of exploring female identity and cultural stereotypes. Shenk compares Mutu’s works to those of early-20th century collage artist Hannah Höch in order to extract…
Coexistence of Creeds
By: Eman Simms ’19, an English and German Studies double major. The following work was created for ENG 336: Postcolonial Literature. Brief description: ” ‘Coexistence of Creeds’ examines the beneficial and adverse effects of Catholicism in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus. The essay argues that the outcome of following a religion depends on one’s…
The Ineffable Self and Memory in “Mrs. Dalloway”
By: Emily Holt. Literature has the ability to act as a vehicle through which the effects of consciousness can be explored. The limitations and influences of individual consciousness inherently prove to be obstructions in the pursuit of a true connection with another being; sharing thought and experience within the context of what it means to…
The Inspiration for Social Change
By: Eman Simms. Written as part of the course “Renaissance Drama” For centuries, theatre has been a centerpiece for expression. Whether used as a means of conveying religious ideology, moral character, novel ideas, or just pure entertainment, theatre has become an antique artform that has gained exceptional appreciation as well as numerous amounts of criticism….
“Let Us Speak Our Love”: Romance and Eroticism in the Lyric Friendship Poetry of Katherine Phillips
By: Shannon Neal. Written as part of an independent study based on research conducted with Professor Elena Deanda, of the Modern Languages department, at the British Library in the summer of 2017. Seventeenth century poet Katherine Philips (1632-1664) is well known as foundational in the tradition of poetry written between women. Her lyric romantic friendship…
Reinventing Feminism: Black Women’s Theatre on the Modern British Stage
By: Rosalea Alger Featured artwork: “Qualia of Anxious Hands” by Alicia Legard How does mainstream culture in Britain and across western society view Black women? Are their stories being told on a mass level? Despite the fact that representation of racial minorities, especially women within those minorities, is seriously lacking across many mass media…
Sounds and Songs of Sailing: A Historical and Theoretical Perspective on the Performance and Content of Sea Shanties
By: Jordana Qi Featured artwork: “Untitled” by Tatiana Baughman When examining the influence that ships and sailing have had on the development of modern culture, the lifestyle of ships and sailing is significant. The culture surrounding ships included the performance of sea shanties and sea songs, sung to pass the time during work or…
The Divine as Seen by Man
By: Picabo French Featured artwork: “Even on a Cloudy Day” by Anna Zastrow Giovanni Bellini’s St. Francis in Ecstasy (c. 1475-80), Frick Collection, New York, shows St. Francis receiving the stigmata in the middle of the wilderness where a large cityscape lies in the distance. St. Francis makes up a small portion of the…
Seeing is Caring
By: Daniel Teano Featured artwork: “Fatal Isolation” by Rachel Rahm No one can deny nature’s beauty. When the morning sun overcomes the night, fortunate spectators are stunned in amazement. Amidst nature’s canvas, they stand convinced that the morning sky strikes an equally powerful sensation to everyone around the world. Certainly, images such as the sunrise…
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