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Gestaltung Als Künstlerisches Konzept In Psychiatrischen Anstalten Am Anfang Des 20. Jahrhunderts, Patrick Thurber-Svoboda

Undergraduate German Research Conference

Die Erforschung künstlerischer Kompositionen, die in psychiatrischen Anstalten geschaffen wurden, begann als interdisziplinäre Disziplin zwischen Kunstgeschichte, Medizin, Anthropologie, und den Naturwissenschaften. Die Gelehrten dieser Fächer haben damals geglaubt, dass die Kompositionen von Geisteskranken in psychiatrischen Anstalten mit einer Urkultur vergleichbar waren. Diese Gelehrten sahen ähnliche formelle Eigenschaften in der Kunst der Geisteskranken und der Kunst der “barbarischen” Urkulturen Europas, wie sie z.B. in europäischen Höhlenmalereien erhalten ist. Ich behaupte jedoch, dass die Kompositionen von Geisteskranken, die sie unter den Eindrücken von visuellen Halluzinationen gemalt haben, auf ein universales künstlerisches Gestaltungsprinzip deuten.

In der Theorie der “Gestaltung” listet Hans Prinzhorn (1886 …

Rebuilding A Bridge Burned, Lamonica J. Jones

SEWSA 2016 Intersectionality in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Culture, Power, and Society

The purpose of this essay is to explore intersectionaility and shine a light on the plight of marginalized groups of women. Much too often are women grouped together in this assumed sisterhood, and people automatically assume that just because we are all women, we are all the same. There are many factors that affect many different women, and the reliance on a common biological make up alone will not change that. A white woman will not experience the same struggle as a black woman; an upper middle-class woman will not experience the same struggles as a working-class woman; and a …

Exploring And Navigating Lgbt Identity In Fandom, Shannon Morrison, Idee Winfield

SEWSA 2016 Intersectionality in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Culture, Power, and Society

To date, very little qualitative research has been completed and published on how exactly those who identify as LGBT use the internet to explore and define their own identities. My research aims to fill this gap by studying how LGBT members of fan communities explore, navigate, and define their personal identities through their experience in the community and work in the realm of speculative fiction (“fan-fiction”). I will accomplish this through interviewing a number of LGBT-identified members of this community and asking about how their interaction with their community in addition to their personal work affected them in their personal …

Gay Doesn’T Begin To Cover It: Non-Binary Sexuality In Community’S Dean Pelton”, Jessica Mae Harmon

SEWSA 2016 Intersectionality in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Culture, Power, and Society

In modern media, characters whose sexuality lies outside of binary gender and sexuality representations are few and far between. Most queer characters in mainstream American television are labeled as either gay or lesbian, and in a few rare cases bisexual. Bisexuality, while least visible among sexual minorities that fit within the prescribed LGBT acronym, is most visible outside of the gay/straight dichotomy. Meanwhile the spectrum of non-binary sexualities is largely ignored. In this essay I will examine one character that breaks this mold and forces the modern viewer to consider non-binary sexuality, Dean Craig Pelton of NBC/Yahoo’s Community. The …

Femme-Ing The Fandom: A Cross-Cultural Approach, Lynslei Harris

SEWSA 2016 Intersectionality in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Culture, Power, and Society

In our ever-global society, fandoms, with their ability to reach and reproduce across cultures, have emerged as an important new media worthy of study. As the participatory practices of fans are explored, it is necessary to also apply the intersection of gender. Although each fandom constitutes a public, female members often participate in ways that allow them to form an artistic counterpublic. While male fans tend to gather data and act as gatekeepers of the fandom, their female counterparts engage in dress up or cosplay (costume play) and produce almost all of current fan fiction. These kinds of participatory practices …

Masks And Performance As Representations Of Gender Oppression And Repression In Edith Wharton’S The House Of Mirth And Nella Larsen’S Passing, Carrie A. Wilson

SEWSA 2016 Intersectionality in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Culture, Power, and Society

Edith Wharton and Nella Larsen’s literature focus on metaphorically representing gender oppression and repression as masked social performances that result in death being the ultimate release from the drama. Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth depicts the heroine Lily Bart who, in the public social realm, attempts to mask herself as a disturbingly superficial character. Wharton’s masquerade imagery demonstrates the extent to which Lily socially capitalizes her beauty. Lily fixates on "clearness" and "lucidity" in events leading up to her death, which shows how dying releases her from the dishonest social masquerade (260). Nella Larsen’s heroine Irene Redfield similarly uses …

Consumed By The Broken Staccato: A Feminist Reading Of Zelda Fitzgerald’S Save Me The Waltz, Caitlin Mcgraw

SEWSA 2016 Intersectionality in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Culture, Power, and Society

Zelda Fitzgerald’s Save Me the Waltz is a novel in which art, text, and body intersect to become one. Her writing techniques, though often criticized, preserve the artistic liberation and affective state for which Fitzgerald seems to strive. She eliminates the line between the artist and her work, creating a novel that opens up to aspects of feminist theory. Zelda Fitzgerald’s texts become performative, constructing her own identity through her writing and painting, just as Alabama, the main character of Save Me the Waltz, strives to do so with her dancing. Like Fitzgerald herself, Alabama removes the barrier between …

"Silence Laps Smooth Over Sound': Sound, Gender, And War, In Jacob's Room", Betsy Lawson

SEWSA 2016 Intersectionality in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Culture, Power, and Society

In A Room of One’s Own, as well as in Three Guineas, Virginia Woolf contends that the devaluing of women and the perpetuating of women’s inferiority facilitate all heroic and violent action (A Room of One’s Own, 36). In this paper, I’ve applied Woolf’s argument to her 1922 novel, Jacob’s Room, and focused on the ways in which certain sounds become gendered as masculine or feminine and devalued accordingly, leading to a masculine society that operates on masculine ideals. In Jacob’s Room, women’s voices are characterized as chatty and empty, where men’s voices exude authority and …

Spiritual Formation As A Method Of Leadership Training: A Case Study At Pepperdine University, Steven Zhou

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

Dallas Willard, Professor of Philosophy and Christian spiritual formation at USC, was known to define spiritual formation not as the summation of one’s good works and talents, but rather as a continual pursuit in modeling the character of Jesus Christ. This understanding of spiritual formation was applied to a group of first year students at Pepperdine University who were selected as students with high potential of becoming future leaders at Pepperdine. Most training programs on campus, such as Resident Life Formation and Volunteer Center training, currently focus on teaching students lessons of what to do in their job. In Spring …

Wewelsburg, Heinrich Himmler Und Der Chiemseekessel, Kristen Anderson

Undergraduate German Research Conference

Wewelsburg war eine der rätselhafteste Gebäude von der Nazi Partei und war ein zentralische Schloss für Heinrich Himmlers arische Manie. Viele geheimnisvolle Treffungen wird hier geleitet und die Offizierskorps von der SS die am höhsten im Stand arbeitet genau so mit Himmler, um arische Artefakten zu schaffen. Der Chiemseekessel wird wohl eine von diesen Artefakten. Interessant ist der Geschichte von der Chiemseekessel. Zuerst dachten die Taucher, die hat den Chiemseekessel gefunden, daß sie eine antikes keltisches Artefakt hatte. Aber der Kessel, der total ausser 11 kg Gold geschaffen wird, wird erprobt nicht nur ein falsches keltisch Artefakt zu wäre, aber …

Vater Als Beurteiler. Parallelen Zwischen Das Urteil Und Brief An Den Vater, Margaret Marusek

Undergraduate German Research Conference

Viele Schriftsteller nutzen ihr Schreiben als Therapie. Sie schreiben über die Gedanken, die sie auf ihren Kopfen nicht schlagen können. Das Schreiben kann neuen Ideen entwickeln und alten Ideen ändern.

Offensichtlich war die Beziehung zwischen Vater und Sohn immer in Kafkas Kopf. Viele Kafkas Werke handeln sich von deiser Beziehung. Der berühmteste Text Kafkas (auf Deutsch) ist Das Urteil, und natürlich gibt es da eine komplizierte Beziehung zwischen Vater und Sohn. Brief an den Vater handelt sich eindeutig von Kafkas eigenem Vater, und die Ähnlichkeiten zwischen den Texten sind bemerkenswert. Beide Väter sind in ihrer Arbeit vertieft. Beide Väter …

Martin Beck Als Der Stimme Von Maj Sjöwall Und Per Wahlöös Schwedischer Sozialkritik, Elizabeth Sanders

Undergraduate German Research Conference

1960er sind die Ära von neues Detektivliteratur von Sjöwall und Wahlöö. Detektivfiktion ist nicht nur ein klug und ein interessant Genre sondern auch eine Stimme von Politik und Glauben. Die schwedischen Autoren von der Martin Beck Serie schreiben um die Gesellschaftskritik in die 10 Romanen, die sie hat zwischen 1965-1975 geschrieben. Für Verstandnis um den politischen Glaube in der Serie, man die Kontext von der Autoren in der Kalten Krieg wissen muss. Sjöwall und Wahlöö hat ihren Glauben von Marxismus und Gesellschaftskritik in jede Martin Beck Buch.

Der Bütgerkrieg In Syrien Und Seine Opfer, Sophia Staerz

Undergraduate German Research Conference

Der syrische Bürgerkrieg, der sich seit 2011 hinzieht, hat sich in den letzten drei Jahren in einen internationalen bewaffneten Kampf entwickelt. Schon heute sind hunderttausende an ihm gestorben und Millionen vor ihm geflohen. Die extreme Zahlen der Vertriebenen haben die umliegenden Nationen und auch das ferne Europa stark belastet. Sie haben zu Konflikten zwischen denjenigen Ländern geführt, die bereit sind die Fluechtlinge aufzunehmen und ihnen zu helfen, und denjenigen, die den Zustrom aus dem Nahen Osten und damit der islamische Kultur fürchten. Mein Präsentationen hat das Ziel, über die Ereignisse, über die Ereignisse, Aktivitäten und Parteien dieses Konfliktes aufzuklären. Ich …

Medizin Im Nationalsozialismus, Niyant Vora

Undergraduate German Research Conference

Winston Churchill sagte, dass „der Sieger...die Geschichte [schreibt]“, und dieses Satz ist besonders das Wahre für Ereignisse die im Krieg passiert. Eines das allerbeste Bespiel ist der Geschichte von Medizin im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland. Oft hört man nur eine Seite dieser Geschichte, und durch meine Präsentation werde ich die zwei Seiten dieser Medizinsgeschichte erzählen. Eine Seite von NSDAP Medizin ist etwas das weniger wissen: das Versuch der Nazis eine gesündere Nation zu haben. Auch versuche ich in diesem Teil meines Referats zu erklären die Gründe hinter was die NSDAP gemacht hat, d.h. was motiviert Adolf Hitler und seine Partei allen die …

5th Annual German Undergraduate Research Conference Program, Adam Woodis

Undergraduate German Research Conference

2016 conference program of events.

Life At The Meridian: The Subjectivity Of Ethics In The Works Of Albert Camus And Friedrich Nietzsche, Clancy E. Robledo

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

This paper endeavors to respond to the questions: can ethics can be unbound from its traditional rootedness in religious systems? If so, what contributions did Nietzsche make to liberate value from the shackles of Western morality? To what degree is Camus one of the “new philosophers” Nietzsche calls for in On the Genealogy of Morals?

In an attempt to demonstrate that ethics can and do exist vividly in the realm of the non-religious, this paper will begin by illustrating the metaphysical door Nietzsche opens through his use of aphorisms in Thus Spoke Zarathustra and his investigation of the history …

An Approach To Undergraduate Research - Developing An Understanding Of The Musical Process Through The Editing Of Early Music, Jared Chance Taylor, Gary W. Cobb

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

This project is an outgrowth of a larger project that involves the eventual compilation of a series of Italian madrigals into a modern performing edition. The purpose of this project was to transcribe and edit a madrigal from Carlo Grossi’s L’Anfione musiche da camera or per tavola (Venice, 1675) in order to better understand and be able to perform an Italian madrigal as it might have been done in the late seventeenth century. Through a process of research, examination and transcription, I was able to not only to transcribe Grossi’s music into modern notation but was also able to also …

Make It Happen: How Libraries Can Start A Grassroots Campus-Wide Graduate Writing Initiative, Jen Salvo-Eaton

Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students

The University of Missouri-Kansas City's University Libraries played a major role in starting a campus-wide Graduate Writing Initiative at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The Graduate Writing Initiative is a campus-wide effort to improve the process, quality, and impact of graduate student writing. Despite the challenges of reaching a graduate student population of commuters, full-time workers, parents, and online learners, UMKC Libraries helped devise ways to extend the reach of the Graduate Writing Initiative to all. Currently, UMKC Libraries remains a core service of the Graduate Writing Initiative and librarians serve on the campus advisory committee. This presentation will describe …

Piloting Graduate Student Spaces And Services In Temporary Digs: Ut Libraries Scholars Commons, Jenifer O. Flaxbart

Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students

The UT Libraries at The University of Texas at Austin has undertaken a series of phased projects in its main library, the Perry-Castaneda Library (PCL), since 2013. These projects have transformed spaces and services, introduced innovative technologies, and developed a forward-thinking culture that is redefining our relationship with the UT community and resulting in collaborations to prototype new means of research lifecycle support and academic success.

The latest project, designed with focus group input and survey responses from over 1,100 graduate students and faculty, and in consultation with the Graduate Student Assembly, the Office of Graduate Studies, and the Graduate …

You’Re In Good Company: Developing A Research Conference For Advanced Graduate Students In The Humanities, Brian Vetruba, Daria Carson-Dussan, Melissa Vetter

Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students

In 2014, librarians at Washington University in St. Louis developed an annual research conference for advanced graduate students in the Humanities. This conference was inspired by the desire to connect to graduate students at the dissertation stage as librarians had observed a gap in librarian-graduate student interactions between the first years of graduate school and when students embark on their own dissertation research. Librarians discovered that graduate students often struggle in isolation with similar research questions as well as project management and dissertation writing; thus, we aptly entitled the conference “You’re in Good Company: A Mini-Conference for Advanced Graduate …

Combatting Intimate Partner Violence (Ipv) In Islam: Muslim Religious Leaders As The Bridge Between Misinterpretation And Resolution, Mediha Salkic

SEWSA 2016 Intersectionality in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Culture, Power, and Society

This paper provides evidence from initiatives taken by various Islamic religious leaders (imams) in North America to demonstrate their potential in prohibiting the practice of IPV in Muslim communities. In the paper, the foundations for legitimization of IPV in Muslim societies, prevalence of IPV in Muslim communities, the role of the imam in Islam, and the various applicable processes of mediation which imams actualize or are suggested to actualize in engaging in cases of domestic abuse within their communities are explored. Substantial empirical evidence is presented to illustrate the constructive role of imams as the critical link between faltering misinterpretation …

Aligning Graduate Student Training And Work: Emory’S Digital Scholarship Internship Program, Alan G. Pike

Transforming Libraries for Graduate Students

While graduate student employment in libraries is nothing new, not every student job in the library is created equally. What would it mean for us to structure graduate student employment with an eye toward professional goals of students while also integrating them into day to day operations? This presentation will discuss how the Digital Scholarship Internship Program, a pilot program for graduate students in the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, part of the Libraries and Information Technology Division of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, might serve as a model for training and professional development for graduate students working with librarians …

Black Women Matter: Assessing Scales To Examine Minority Stress And Intersectional Microaggression, Vanessa N. Jones

SEWSA 2016 Intersectionality in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Culture, Power, and Society

Greater understanding of minority stress and intersectional microaggression in African American women’s lived experience may contribute to improved health outcomes. To date, there is a scarcity of research exploring intersectionality and psychometric instruments. This review examines purpose, format, psychometric properties, and cultural applicability of seven measurement scales that assess gendered racism and sexual identity. Future research should include diverse samples of African American women to improve external validity. In clinical practice, measurement scales provide an objective tool to evaluate and differentiate minority stress.

Mastering Macbeth, Shelby Gilliam, Dominique Rider, Rick Jones

Undergraduate Research Conference

The Tragedy of Macbeth is widely acknowledged as one of the theatre’s greatest tragedies. The play opens to the end of a massive battle in which Macbeth has just defeated the former Thane who sought to overthrow the king. Macbeth is given a prophecy by three witches, who promise that he will be king. To ensure the infallibility of the prophecy, Lady Macbeth plots the King’s murder and Macbeth does the deed. The Macbeths are crowned and are henceforth miserable, haunted by their guilt. The play is about a number of things such as political ambition, murder, love, and fate.

International Tuba Euphonium Conference: Eutopia Quartet, Ryan Dutton, Chris Garza, Joseph Schaetz, Erasmo Herrera Iii, J.D. Salas

Undergraduate Research Conference

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Realizing Art In Multiple Media: How Different Art Forms Capitalize On Varying Elements Of Artistic Communication, Jesse Edwards, Scott Runnels

Undergraduate Research Conference

Art involves a very large and diverse collection of practices which humanity utilizes to express and communicate. Though these forms are highly similar in many ways, each holds a unique strength in relation to the others. This project was organized in an attempt to illustrate how several particular art forms excel in communicating in very diverse ways.

Qualitative Survey Of Music Conducting Texts, Alexandra Burke

Undergraduate Research Conference

The purpose of my findings is to inform teachers and future conducting students of the proper information they should investigate when choosing texts and beginning their studies or improving their skills in order to better facilitate their learning experience.

Differential Media Portrayal Of The Pope, Keara King, James Morris

Undergraduate Research Conference

This project presented the media portrayals of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. It examined theories of media impact on media consumers, and applied these to media coverage of the Popes and perceptions of Catholicism in America.

The Rhineland Bastards, Natalia Mujadzic, Louise Stoehr

Undergraduate Research Conference

"Rhineland Bastard" was a derogatory term commonly used when referring to Afro-German children. Initially the term denoted only those whose father had been an Allied soldier of African descent, more specifically children of soldiers in the French colonial troops who occupied the important industrial Rhineland. The term gained popularity during the years of the Weimar Republic 1919-1933 and eventually began being used exclusively to refer to all AfroGerman children regardless of their father's occupation or heritage. The Rhineland Bastards were victims of persecution, sterilization, and brutality.

No Night For Mexican Tears: Juan Cortina And The Brownsville Raid, Justin Oakley, Scott Sosebee

Undergraduate Research Conference

THEY CALLED HIM THE “RED ROBBER OF THE RIO GRANDE.... ” Whether this moniker developed from the reddish tinge of his beard, or from the red blood that he shed on either side of the border depends on who is telling the story. The image of this man that is left to posterity is muddied; obscured by the rhyme and the romance of the corrido, and subject to the whims of political lionization or character assassination. Why Juan Nepomuceno Cortina rode into Brownsville on that early autumn day in 1859 at the head of an armed band of men has …