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Innovation, Liberation, And Agency In The Outsider Visionary Art Of James Hampton And Purvis Young, Griffin J. Joerger

Senior Projects Spring 2024

This project argues for the urgency of scholarship, inherent artistic sensibility, and legitimacy of modern, religious, spiritual, visionary, untrained, and self-taught art from the American South which challenges conventions of materials and exhibition. The research focuses on two specific African-American visionary outsider artists named James Hampton (1909-1964) from South Carolina and Washington, D.C., and Purvis Young (1943-2010) from Miami, Florida, both of whom defied white and classical standards of beauty and value. The subject of education will shape my argument, comparing how the differences in artistic opportunities, training, and support systems in the South versus the North impact Southern, self-taught, …

The Namasudras And The Invited Missionary: Caste, Recognition, And Agency In 19th And 20th Century Bengal, Cedric Rule-Becker

Senior Projects Spring 2024

The Namasudra community of West Bengal is currently the focus of electoral politics in the region. As political parties attempt to gain or maintain power, this community is seen as a valuable asset to that end. The Namasudras are no strangers to this position, caught in the push and pull of outsider overtures for allegiance. This project seeks to investigate the actions of the Namasudras in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to better understand their current position. It will focus on their interactions with missionaries as a method of discussing issues of agency, caste, and recognition. The analysis …

Frozen Waters: Mohicans' Struggle For Identity Through Christian Leanings, Barak Zion Fellner-Dublin

Senior Projects Spring 2023

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

The Omnipresence Of Christianity In The United States: An Analysis Of The Second Great Awakening (1790-1850), Lance Sum

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay………………………………...1

II. Primary Documents and Headnotes………...22

III. Textbook Critique……………………………...39

IV. New Textbook Entry…………………………..44

V. Bibliography………………………………….....20

Abolition Unabridged: A Closer Look At The History Of British Abolition During The Long 18th Century, Ariana Podesta

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I.Synthesis Essay………………………………..3

II.Primary Documents and Headnotes……….. 21

III.Textbook Critique……………………………...34

IV.New Textbook Entry…………………………..38

V.Bibliography………………………………….....40

Accommodation And Coping In Medieval Catholic England: A Historical Dramaturgy Casebook For The Chester Mystery Cycle’S Play 14: Christ At The House Of Simon The Leper, Christ And The Moneylenders, And Judas’ Plot, Andrew J. Roberge

Senior Projects Spring 2022

In this historically focused dramaturgy casebook for the medieval Catholic Chester Mystery Cycle's Play 14, Christ at the House of Simon the Leper, Christ and the Moneylenders, and Judas’ Plot, I offer suggestions for Play 14's production as it might have appeared in the cycle's final year of performance, 1575. I contextualize and grapple with the play's antisemitisms, and also offer a brief history of antisemitism in medieval Europe. I also analyze Play 14 and the Chester Mystery Cycle for their rhetorical appeals to the medieval vernacular language, contexts, and events, as well as their anachronistic temporal and geographic …

Blood Vs. Water, Sakinah F. Bennett

Senior Projects Spring 2021

My experiences are me. This project is an excavation of these experiences in order to create consciousness, awareness, assign language, and pay homage to those experiences that have heavily influenced how I move through the world with dance as my medium. I am really interested in the embodiment of history rather than the traditionally written and published history. Acknowledging the history that we hold in our vessels and that history being just as important, present, and valuable as the history we may read.

Power Over The People: How Russia Used Religion To Unite And Control Its Populace During The Eras Of Monarchy And Communism, Roman Pena

Senior Projects Spring 2021

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College

Tolerance, Prejudice, And The Ornament Of The World, Elijah Zane

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay…………………………....3

II. Primary Documents and Headnotes…….32

III. Textbook Critique………………………....38

IV. New Textbook Entry………………………42

V. Bibliography………………………………..52

Merry < Machiavellian: Exploring King Charles Ii The Puppet Master From The Fall Of Edward Hyde To The Fall Of The Cabal, Zayd Y. Normand

Senior Projects Fall 2019

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Crazy In The Garden, Martin Pate Katzoff

Senior Projects Fall 2018

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Ubi Bene, Ibi Patria - The Identities, Displacements, And Homelands Of The Juifs D’Algérie, Britt Shacham

Senior Projects Spring 2018

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Multidisciplinary Studies of Bard College.

Sentimentality Has Its Place In Human Rights Activism: Nadia Murad Basee Taha’S Testimony And The Yazidi Story, Miranda Rose Shulman

Senior Projects Spring 2017

This project tells the story of Nadia Murad and the Yazidi genocide of 2014 through analysis of her own testimony and considers the success and the intricacies of her approach to aiding the Yazidis who suffer to this day. It discusses the power of using sentimentality and emotion in human rights activism.

The [E]Motionless Body No Longer: Tracing The Historical Intersections Of Mental Illness And Movement In The American Asylum, Holly Adele Herzfeld

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Multidisciplinary Studies of Bard College.

Je (Ne) Suis (Pas) Charlie: Changing Perceptions Of Freedom Of The Pres In A Post Charlie Hebdo World, Alessandra Marcelle Marra

Senior Projects Spring 2016

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.