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The Lives Of Clements Hall, Thomas Park
The Lives Of Clements Hall, Thomas Park
SMU Journal of Undergraduate Research
Clements Hall has occupied a central place on Southern Methodist University’s campus, both physically and socially, since the campus’ inception in 1915. Initially a women’s dormitory, it was later used by men after the construction of the Virginia and Snider dormitories. It included a dining space, a kitchen, and apartments for President Hyer and his family. In its time as a residential building, it housed engineering students, the football team, and briefly members of the Navy V-12 program. After complaints in the late 1950s, plans were made to renovate the building for use as classrooms and administrative space, offering services …
The Amazons Of Exekias And Eupolis: Demystifying Changes In Gender Roles, Marisa Anne Infante
The Amazons Of Exekias And Eupolis: Demystifying Changes In Gender Roles, Marisa Anne Infante
SMU Journal of Undergraduate Research
n this paper, I will examine the changing gender roles of women as the Athenian government changes from a tyranny in the Archaic period to a democracy in the Classical period by comparing a Black-Figure Amphora, which depicts an image of Achilles Killing Penthesilea, by Exekias and a Red-Figure Column Krater, which depicts an image of an Amazon on Side A and an unidentified figure on Side B, by Eupolis. The creation of democracy was not the universal celebration that it is often praised to be in modern times. I will demonstrate this through a visual analysis of how the …