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Movement I From Lamentationes, Timothy W. Mcdunn

CrissCross

This piece is a setting of the first poem in the book of ʼêḵāh from the Hebrew Bible (the book of Lamentations in the Christian Old Testament). Setting the text in its original language has had two primary advantages: (1) it preserved euphony and other poetic subtleties and (2) it left the poetry's original cultural context intact.

I use harmonic rhetoric to imitate several features of the text. One of them is the so-called "tragic reversal," a device illustrated by the lines cited above, where a reversal of fortune is expressed through the contrast between the first colon and the …

Symposium Of Contemporary Music, 2017, School Of Music

Programs

The program for November 16-17, 2017 featured guest composer Judith Shatlin, he William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor at the University of Virginia. Ms. Shatin also founded the Virginia Center for Computer Music. Her music has been commissioned by organizations including Carnegie Hall and the National Endowment for the Arts.

South Pacific, School Of Theatre Arts

All Production Programs

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical South Pacific is set in an island paradise during World War II. It tells the tale of two parallel love stories threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war, and how these couples confront their fears for a chance to find happiness. The show features music composed by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan.

Mike Theune And Bob Broad Interview November 12, 2017, Laura Kennedy

Interviews for WGLT

Laura Kennedy, from WGLT Radio, interview with IWU Professor of English Mike Theune and Bob Broad, Professor of English from Illinois State Univeriversy. The two co-authored the book "We Need to Talk: A New Method For Evaluating Poetry."

Dancing At Lughnasa, School Of Theatre Arts

All Production Programs

This extraordinary play is the story of five unmarried sisters eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in 1936. Widely regarded as Brian Friel's masterpiece, this haunting play is Friel's tribute to the spirit and valor of the past. Winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Broadway Play and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, and chosen by Time magazine as one of the ten best plays for 1991.

Glenn Wilson Sound Ideas Interview September 5, 2017, Jon Norton

Interviews for WGLT

Jon Norton,WGLT Radio, speaking with Glenn Wilson, chair of Illinois Wesleyan University's jazz program, about the new 2017 documentary on jazz legend John Coltane.

Conflicting Philosophies: Two Librarians And A Presidential Bibliophile, Meg Miner

Scholarly Publications

This case study explores how one personal interest of President Minor Myers, jr.—that of a life-long book collector—influenced the University’s library collections and its leaders. Myers arrived with a desire to make IWU a nationally recognized, Phi Beta Kappa–affiliated institution. As one tactic for achieving these goals, Myers actively engaged in library collection development through practices shaped by his methods of book collecting. Bulk acquisitions—through gifts-in-kind and lot purchases—and a prohibition on weeding aided in his pursuits. His vision for the library challenged the style of the first university librarian (UL) who resigned two years after Myers’ arrival. The actions …

Industrial Education, Community Outreach, And Progressivism In Boston’S North End 1880-1920, Meg Stanley

CrissCross

At the turn of the 20th century, America’s Northeastern cities were expanding, diversifying and industrially progressing at an unprecedented rate. Immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe were flocking to ethnic neighborhoods in search of familiarity in a new land. Boston’s historic North End became an epicenter of ethnic collisions with a growing population of unskilled immigrants and a declining quality of life. Through the chaos, the North Bennet Street Industrial School (NBSIS) emerged as a leading educational institution. The school provided opportunities for education and community involvement, responding to the needs of the struggling neighborhood.

Writing As A Spatiotemporal Concept: Ekphrasis Of Place And The Spatial Turn, Maggie Kennelly

CrissCross

Ever since Lessing wrote his Laocoön many critics have classified painting as a solely spatial art and writing as a solely temporal one. However, in recent years the idea of the spatial turn, of space not fitting into only one category, has sparked new critiques as to what defines art. In this paper, I prove that, by using ekphrasis of place, writing is a spatiotemporal art, meaning it depicts both space and time. This argument is supported by evidence from literary critics, notably Joseph Frank, and pieces of poetry and prose in which ekphrasis of place is used. Through this …

The Golden Age Exposed: The Reality Behind This Romantic Era, Danny Adams

Honors Projects

This paper aims to expose the reality of what Golden Age musicals were and are trying to say to audiences through three different topics: American Idealism, American conflicts around race and ethnicity, and American shifting social conceptions about Gender Roles.

Mother Goddesses And Subversive Witches: Competing Narratives Of Gender Essentialism, Heteronormativity, Feminism, And Queerness In Wiccan Theology And Ritual, Carly B. Floyd

Honors Projects

Wicca has typically been viewed as an empowering alternative to institutionalized and patriarchal religions, and women especially have been drawn to this religion because of its inclusion of women as goddesses and priestesses. It is also seen as a sex-positive religion, and many LGBTQ+ people embrace Wicca due to its lack of concepts such as sin and shame, especially around sex and sexuality. This research, however, troubles the claim that Wicca is a feminist, woman-friendly, queer-friendly religion. While women are celebrated and valued, I argue that women’s positive portrayal as mothers, nurturers, emotional, and intuitive portrays women’s nature in a …

Keynote Address: "What Transpires Now: Transgeder History And The Future We Need", Susan Stryker

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

The 2017 keynote address presented by special guest Susan Stryker, Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Arizona. Professor Stryker is also the Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, founder of the Transgender Studies Initiative, and holds a courtesy appointment as Associate Professor in the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona. She is the author of many articles and several books on transgender and queer topics, most recently Transgender History (Seal Press 2008). She won a Lambda Literary Award for the anthology The Transgender Studies Reader (Routledge 2006), …

Are You My Venus In Fur? Masochism In German Literature And Film Through A Deleuzian Lens, Kristen Anderson, Adam Woodis, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.

The Invisible Protagonist: A Reassessment Of Brecht's The Good Person Of Szechwan, Diana Moody, Adam Woodis, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.

„Förderung Und Vermittlung Interkultureller Kompetenz In Deutschen Und Amerikanischen Geschäftsbeziehungen Im Daf Unterricht“, Samantha Wetzel

Undergraduate German Research Conference

Meine Präsentation heute, "Förderung und Vermittlung interkultureller Kompetenz in deutschen und amerikanischen Geschäftsbeziehungen im DaF Unterricht", gibt einen Überblick über ein Forschungsprojekt, mit dem ich mich seit einem Jahr beschäftige. Mit der Hilfe von Dr. Regina Range, meiner Mentorin und Assistant Professor of German an der Universität von Alabama, habe ich versucht, wichtige Unterschiede zwischen den deutschen und amerikanischen Wirtschaftskulturen zu identifizieren. Ziel des Projekts war und ist es immer noch, Möglichkeiten und Strategien zu entwickeln, um diese Einsichten in Lehrpläne zu integrieren.

Außergewöhnliche Argumente Gegen Den Faschismus: Die Blechtrommel Und Amarcord, Alec Parry

Undergraduate German Research Conference

Heute, werde ich mich mit zwei Filmen der Nachkriegszeit befassen, Die Blechtrommel (Völker Schlöndorff, 1979) und der Italienische Film Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973).

In beiden Filme erlebt man Deutschland und Italien in den 1930er Jahren. Zu dieser Zeit waren beide Länder von Faschismus geprägt, was auch der Grund ist, warum ich beide Filme und Länder vergleiche. Zusätzlich ähneln sich die Filme bei der filmischen Darstellung des Faschismus. (Ferner, Die Filme sind bemerkenswert für die Nationalkinematographie Italiens und Deutschlands.)

Die Darstellung des Faschismus, der Blick auf die Gesellschaft, die in beiden Filmen vorgestellt wird, wird allerdings, wie ich hier behaupte, von …

„Eine Komparative Analyse Des Einflusses Deutschlands Auf Neutrale Länder Europas Während Des Zweiten Weltkriegs“, Allwin Mcdonald

Undergraduate German Research Conference

The presentation offers a comparative analysis of Germany's influence on neutral countries in Europe during the Second World War, by analyzing four neutral countries: Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.

„Zaimoǧlus Sicht Auf Die Kulturspaltung In Deutschland“, Sophia Staerz

Undergraduate German Research Conference

This presentation examines the role of the "guest worker" in Germany, how they assimilated into the German workforce, and the affect on German culture and society.

„Nur Die Tatsachen Sind Richtig Und Wichtig Für Uns“: Neue Sachlichkeit Im Neuen Deutschland, Abigail Kauerauf

Undergraduate German Research Conference

In der Zeit nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg in Deutschland gab es Inflation, Wiederaufbau und ein allgemeines Schweigen nach dem Trauma des Krieges. Nach dem Krieg reflektiert die Kunstbewegung Expressionismus kulturell diese Stille. Im Gegensatz zum Nachkriegsexpressionismus entwickelte sich Neue Sachlichkeit in eine rivalisierende Kunstbewegung, indem sie die raue Realität der Weimarer Republik und des Anstiegs des Dritten Reichs aus. Die Bilder, die Gemälde, die Fotos und die Literatutr der Neuen Sachlichkeit ermöglichen ein Verständnis von gesellschaftlichen Aspekten in Deutschland zwischen den zwei Weltkriegen – ein Deutschland, welches über den Krieg klagte, sich aus der Gesellschaft absetzte, und ein Deutschland, welches …

„Ideologische Instrumentalisierung Der Ddr Kinder- Und Jugendliteratur In Der Nachkriegszeit“, Katie Lightfoot, Regina Range

Undergraduate German Research Conference

Das Projekt „Ideologische Instrumentalisierung von DDR-Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und Film in der Nachkriegszeit“ untersucht Kinderbücher, die von namhaften Schriftstellern wie Bertolt Brecht, Peter Hacks und Heiner Müller geschrieben wurden und Filme, die von Regisseuren wie Christian Steinke und Arkadi Gajdar verfasst und gedreht wurden. Diese Untersuchung schlägt eine Rekontextualisierung dieser literarischen und filmischen Texte vor, um die historischen und soziologischen Umstände, in denen sie produziert wurden, näher zu untersuchen. Die Annäherung an die ausgewählten Texte werfen Licht auf ihre Instrumentalisierung, um nicht nur die Kinder, sondern auch erwachsene Leser zu indoktrinieren.

„Tod In Der Vorkriegsliteratur“, Margaret Marusek

Undergraduate German Research Conference

Der Zauberberg findet in einem Sanatorium statt. Da stirbt jemand immer, also ist ein zentrales Thema des Romans der Tod und der Verfall des Körpers.

„Entartete“ Musik Im Dritten Reich Und Die Politisierung Von (Pop)Musik In Der Aktuellen Amerikanischen Kultur, E. Dwyer Freeman

Undergraduate German Research Conference

Welcher Musiker als kulturell-wertvoll aufgefasst wird, wird von der Mainstreamgesellschaft, auf der Basis kolonialer ‘Rassenhierarchien' festgelegt. Hauptsächlich ‘reinweiße’ Musiker sind als Musiker Teil einer ‘höheren Rassenhierarchie’. Diese ‘Rassenhierarchie’ wird sowohl von der Mainstreamgesellschaft als auch von Rechtsextremisten geschätzt. Allerdings geschieht dies in einem deutlicheren und auch offenerem Maße bei Rechtsextremisten.

„Heinrich Böll Und Die Macht Der Presse“, Blake Glueck

Undergraduate German Research Conference

The presentation examines German writer and activist Heinrich Böll, and his relationship with the German press.

6th Annual German Undergraduate Research Conference Program, Adam Woodis

Undergraduate German Research Conference

2017 conference program of events.

The Crucible, School Of Theatre Arts

All Production Programs

Winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play, Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as an allegory in response to McCarthyism and the US government’s blacklisting of its citizens accused of being communists. Using the Salem witch trials which occurred in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692 and 1693, the play is a partially fictionalized and dramatized account of some of those events. The piece has become an American classic and a central work in the canon of American drama.

The New Face Of Civil Revolution, Kalen Gray

Outstanding Gateway Papers

"The New Face of Civil Revolution" explains how with changing times comes changing platforms of expressing disdain for modern oppression against Black people of the United States of America. By juxtaposing the Black Power Movement and the Black Lives Matter Movement, this article provides a history of the oppression Black people face in America, as well as the many ways that these separate movements operate. Based on diversity of populations served, leadership, and the ways in which these movements gain supporters, this paper ultimately shows that there is currently a call for a new method of achieving equality in the …

Mary Tyler Moore & Her Role In The Feminist Movement, Haley Steward

Outstanding Gateway Papers

First airing in 1970, The Mary Tyler Moore Show was viewed as “TV’s first truly female dominated sitcom” (Reese). As society was being challenged to accept new values that promoted equality for women on both a personal and political level, The Mary Tyler Moore Show had begun to positively portray the realities of the feminist movement. The women characters of the show, Mary, Rhoda, and Phyllis, brought forth many controversial issues that were occurring throughout America during the decade. As early as the pilot episode, Mary Richards, played by Mary Tyler Moore, was everything that a woman of the early …

Goldman’S Paradox: Imperfect Perfection, Aaron Manuel

Outstanding Gateway Papers

In The Paradox of Punishment, Alan Goldman argues that the mixed theory of punishment is inherently contradictory. Goldman explains that the mixed theory is a combination of two older theories of punishment: retributivism and utilitarianism. The combination of these two theories into a single mixed theory was intended to mitigate these theories’ flaws. However, Goldman asserts that the two theories are incompatible, as justification of one requires dismissal of the other, creating a paradox. While I agree that Goldman’s paradox exists, and that it is logically inescapable, I believe he has neglected several points of analysis which weaken the …