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The Self-Fashioning Of A Consummate Musical Orator, Alexis A. Vanzalen
The Self-Fashioning Of A Consummate Musical Orator, Alexis A. Vanzalen
Lawrence University Honors Projects
In 1697 the organist and composer Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was deemed “world famous” by a guidebook to the German city in which he lived, Lübeck. Such public acclaim for a musician was unusual in this society where musicians were generally looked down upon and stereotyped as dishonorable and picaresque outsiders. In this context, Buxtehude’s situation begs the question, how did he come to have such an esteemed reputation?
As I will argue, Buxtehude actively fashioned his reputation as an adept member of his capitalistic society, a useful civil servant, and an accomplished and complete musician, throughout his life. In large …
Atomic Logic: Us Non-Proliferation Initiatives And Presidential Decision-Making, 1961-1974, Stephen J. Nordin
Atomic Logic: Us Non-Proliferation Initiatives And Presidential Decision-Making, 1961-1974, Stephen J. Nordin
Lawrence University Honors Projects
This project examines how successive American administrations confronted the international spread of nuclear weapons. The focus is on the decision-making processes of presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon when confronting atomic weapons development in Israel and India. It seeks to identify influences on presidential perceptions of the phenomenon of nuclear proliferation. These include initiatives at the United Nations, reportage from the intelligence community, the advice of administration officials, and the positioning of foreign governments.
The American response to the Israeli and Indian cases prior to 1974 played a formative role in the development of non-proliferation policy in subsequent decades. The decisions …