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Patrizia Caraffi, Figure Femminili Del Sapere (Xii-Xv Secolo). (Biblioteca Medievale: Saggi; 12.) Carocci, 2003, F. Regina Psaki

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Concerto For Marimba And Orchestra, Scott Blasco

Masters Theses

The Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra is a three-movement work in the traditional concerto form. The first movement is roughly Sonata-form, the second movement is in essence a set of variations on two mutually derivative melodies over an almost constant rhythmic motive of five eighth-notes, and the third movement is a short through-composed finale based on a quirky, angular melody. The tonal scheme of the concerto is fairly traditional, in that the outer two movements focus on an 'A' tonal center, while the slower middle movement is based on an 'E' tonality. Quintal, extended and added-tone tertian, and mixed cluster-based …

Male And Female He Created Them: Ælfric’S Lives Of Saints And Patristic Theories Of Gender, Rhonda L. Mcdaniel

Dissertations

My dissertation researches the writings of the four Latin Doctors, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory the Great, in order to challenge the scholarly stereotype of misogyny and anxiety about women in the writings of these influential figures and, more importantly, to build the cultural foundation upon which to base an interpretation of Ælfric’s portrayals of male and female saints in the Lives of Saints.

Accordingly, in the first chapter I focus on the writings of the Latin Doctors concerning the practice of virginity and on their explications of the Trinity and the Creation and Fall of humankind. I then trace …

Inroads Toward Contemporary Latina Literature: Poetry And Criticism, Adela Josefina Najarro

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Ava's New Testament Narratives: "When The Old Law Passed Away", James A. Rushing Jr.

TEAMS Medieval German Texts in Bilingual Editions

Ava is the first woman whose name we know who wrote in German. She wrote her poem - or poems - on the lives of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ sometime early in the twelfth century, no later than 1127. It seems certain that she was a layperson, and her work reflects a level of learning that raises all sorts of interesting questions about the education of the laity, especially the education of lay woman, and about the nature of authorship in the Middle Ages, generally and particularly in medieval Germany.

History As Literature, Graeme Dunphy

TEAMS Medieval German Texts in Bilingual Editions

This volume presents excerpts and translations of three thirteenth-century South German verse chronicles: Rudolf von Ems's Weltchronik, the anonymous Christherre-Chronik, and the Weltchronik of Jans Enikel. These three works are close in language, in date, and in conception, yet they also differ significantly, representing the perspectives of three distinct sections of medieval society: courtly, monastic, and urban. The excerpts have been chosen from the beginning of Rudolf's chronicle, the middle of the Christherre-Chronik and the end of Enikel, so that taken together they give something of an impression of the chroniclers' arrangement of material in a continuum from …

Two Chinese Festivals, Peng (Pamela) Chen

Masters Theses

Two Chinese Festivals is a music piece written for a chamber-sized orchestra. The first movement Kite Festival is a traditional Chinese celebration in which people give thanks that the spring is coming. The second movement Lantern Festival is an event run on the fifteenth day of Chinese New Year. People make many varieties of Lanterns that represent different ancient Chinese tales. Then the lanterns are displayed on all the city streets.

Steamboat Passenger Ferries In Nineteenth Century London: A Cultural Survey, Jennifer Wohlberg

Masters Theses

Traditionally, steamboats and their history have belonged to the area of antiquarians. Many sources in my bibliography focus on the design and use of the boats and neglect the social and cultural impact the boats had on mid-Victorian London life. Steamboats, however, were an important transportation system in mid-Victorian London, so that a study of steamboats can provide an insight into mid-Victorian times. In this thesis, I will place steamboat design construction and use in the context of the social and cultural worlds of mid-Victorian London and the River Thames.

The results of my research yielded a thesis describing the …

As The Ruin Falls, Luke Dahn

Masters Theses

As the Ruin Falls is a two-movement work scored for full orchestra, augmented with bass clarinet, piano, and three percussionists. Though the title comes from a poem written by C.S. Lewis, it is in no way is a programmatic representation of the poem's content. Furthermore, the programmatic "scenes" in the second movement do not relate to the poem. The title was selected only to signify the work's rather ominous character.

The primary musical building block for the entire work is a four-note chord whose construction is symmetrical - two minor thirds separated by a perfect fourth: C-Eb-Ab-Cb (or B). The …

Chung Park, Viola, Chung Park

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• CHUNG PARK, Viola
• Genaddi Zagor, Piano
• assisted by Bruce Uchimura, Cello

Chung Park is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in viola performance. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music and a master’s degree (in conducting) from the University of Illinois.

Armenoui Keheyan, Violin, Armenoui Keheyan

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• ARMENOUI KEHEYAN, Violin
• Henning Vauth, Piano

Armenoui Keheyan is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in violin performance. She received her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

The Cistercian Studies Conference, 2003, The Institute Of Cistercian Studies

Conference on Cistercian Studies Programs

Program for the 2003 Cistercian Studies Conference at Western Michigan University in conjunction with the 38th Annual International Congress on Medieval Studies. This conference happened between May 8-11 2003.

38th International Congress On Medieval Studies, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University

International Congress on Medieval Studies Archive

The printed program of the 38th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 8-11, 2003), including the Corrigenda.

The Ethics Of Apology And The Role Of An Ombuds From The Perspective Of A Lawyer, Sharan Lee Levine, Paula A. Aylward

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University, March 20, 2003.

From Snakes To Meaning: Interpretation And Explanation Of Traditional Sub-Saharan African Religious Ethnographic Data, Joel Mort

Masters Theses

Concerns about accepted approaches to ethnographic data have arisen in terms of how scholars attempt to explain and interpret the formation, transmission, and persistence of seemingly bizarre religious ideas and practices. I would like to suggest a new way to make sense of ethnographic data regarding religious thought and action.

My contention is that the explanatory and interpretive methods employed by the majority of religion scholars are mistakenly and unknowingly informed by intuitive background theories. As a result of using intuitive assumptions rather than an established scientific theoretical tradition as the basis for interpretive inference the conclusions offered by these …

Kristy Smith, Conductor, Kristy Smith

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• KRISTY SMITH, Conductor
• conducting the University Symphonic Band

Kristy Smith is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in instrumental conducting. She received her bachelor’s degree from Stetson University (DeLand, Florida).

Don Sibley, Bass, Don Sibley

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• DON SIBLEY, Bass
• assisted by Dan Kramlich, Piano Chris Earley, Drums

Don Sibley is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in jazz performance. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Jeffrey Meador, Bass Trombone, Jeffrey Meador

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• JEFFREY MEADOR, Bass Trombone
• Chris Sargent, Piano

Jeffrey Meador is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in trombone performance. He received his bachelor’s degree from Morehead State University (Kentucky).

Jeremy Landig, Conductor, Jeremy Landig

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• JEREMY LANDIG, Conductor
• with COLLEGIUM SINGERS CHAMBER VOCAL ENSEMBLE COLLEGIUM MUSICUM PLAYERS Matthew Steel, Director Tamara Flick, Narrator Yu-Lien The, Piano

Jeremy Landig is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in choral conducting. He received his bachelor’s degree from Millikin University (Decatur, Illinois).

The Unfinished Woman: Images Of Single Women In Wharton, Parker, And Paley, Erin Wolverton

Honors Theses

Is the life of a single woman really worth living? The question permeates the culture of the post-feminist era. Women without children and without a committed relationship in their lives can be categorized in two ways: those who deliberately dismiss the idea of a spouse and those who have not found an acceptable one yet. Both categories carry their own social stigmas: a woman who can't trap a man is a failure, a woman who doesn't want one is unnatural. These prejudices have been a part of women's unconscious behavior since the earliest days of feminism.

Licensing Issues In The Acquisition Of Slides, Digital Images, And Digital Reproduction Rights For Two Digital Image Projects At Western Michigan University, Miranda Howard

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

" Advances taking place in digital imaging technology and projection are changing the way that libraries acquire images for classroom and research use. In the teaching of the visual arts and other subjects where material culture is at the heart of the discipline, pictures of objects are used as surrogates for actual artifacts, since pictorial surrogates allow instructors to talk about a work without having the actual piece present. One of the major changes in image acquisition brought about by new technology is that image vendors and the educational community are now much more attuned to the regulations of copyright …

The Tragedy Of The Rivers: Building Authority Over The British Water Environment, Kevin B. Vichcales

Dissertations

"The Tragedy of the Rivers: Building Authority over the British Water Environment" examines the problem of rivers as common public resources in modern Britain. Viewed historically, the enduring problem of environmental pollution control in Britain has been the establishment of regulating authority over aspects of nature that are regarded simultaneously as economic resources, public utilities, and public amenities. Legislators, subject to pressure from industrial polluters, political parties, and advocates for environmental quality, sought at different times to locate authority at local, regional, national and extra-national levels. Each effort failed to resolve the issue of authority over the environment, because administrative …

Katharine Hoogerheide, Organ, Katharine Hoogerheide

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• KATHARINE HOOGERHEIDE
• assisted by the WMU Graduate Brass Quintet Keith Geiman, Trumpet Stephen James, Trumpet Jon Chesman, Horn Jay Siverson, Trombone Stephen Molnar, Tuba

Katharine Hoogerheide is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in organ performance. She received her bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University.

Keith Geiman, Trumpet, Keith Geiman

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• KEITH GEIMAN, Trumpet
• assisted by Helen Lukan, Piano Katharine Hoogerheide, Organ Daniel Vega-Albela, Violin

Keith Geiman is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in trumpet performance. He received his bachelor’s degree from Towson University (Maryland).

Sara Salentine, Piano, Sara Salentine

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• SARA SALENTINE, Piano

Sara Salentine is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in jazz performance. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay.

The Clarinet Through Western's Century: An Exploration Of Its Twentieth Century Repertoire With Additional Historical Commentary On Western Michigan University, Christopher M. Jacobson

Honors Theses

No abstract available.

Yu-Lien The, Piano, Yu-Lien The

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• YU-LIEN THE, Piano

Yu-Lien The is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in piano performance. She received her bachelor’s degree from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, Germany.

Richard Such, Saxophone, Richard Such

School of Music Graduate Recitals

• RICHARD SUCH, Saxophone
• assisted by Tina Hatch and Yu-Lien The, Piano Matthew Lefebvre, Saxophone

Richard Such is a candidate for the Master of Music degree majoring in saxophone performance. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon.

María Bullón-Fernández, Fathers And Daughters In Gower's Confessio Amantis. D.S. Brewer, 2000, Francine Mcgregor

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Anne Callahan, Writing The Voice Of Pleasure: Heterosexuality Without Women. Palgrave, 2001, Lisa Perfetti

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.