Facing the Fire: Vesuvia and the Evacuation of Vesuvius Towns

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Rita Jane Berger and Dr. Roger Macfarlane, Humanities When I began my study of the Mount Vesuvius region, I wanted to learn if the current policies for the future evacuation of the volcano were appropriate and to understand the opinions of the people whom they affect. I also wanted to investigate the preparatory measures other […]

VIOLENCE AND SEXUALITY IN THE ART OF ARTEMESIA GENTILESCHI

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Elisa Zavala and Dr. Steve Bule, Humanities Dynamism, vibrance, movement and sumptuous color all define the art of the Southern Baroque period. Throughout my study of Art History this period has been the focus of my interest, therefore the opportunity to travel about Italy and Spain was a prime experience to delve deeper into the […]

BILINGUAL QUOTATIONS IN RENAISSANCE POETRY AND THE RELATIONS OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES

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Treb HW Winegar and Dr. Christopher Lund, Comparative Literature The study of bilingual quotations, made possible by this grant, has led me into a number of fascinating, related sidetracks which have been very little studied, especially since the waning of the French school of literature compareè. I have taken the time to study some of […]

Excavation on the North Slope of Vesuvius: Establishing a Chronology

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Kristina Sycamore and Dr. Roger Macfarlane, Classics Centuries of excavation around the south slope of Vesuvius has proven the volcanic eruption of 79 AD to be a boon to Roman archaeology and history. As multiple sites have been uncovered, archaeologists have viewed a snapshot in time. As a result, a great deal has been learned […]

New Voices in the North the Prospect of Post-national Identity in Scandinavia

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Andrew Christensen and Dr. Christopher Oscarson, Scandinavian Studies Europe needs a new political identity. Politicians, political scientists, and philosophers are all clamoring for a change in the definition of European community. Without an emotional glue to bind them together, many fear the noble purpose of the EU’s supranational project will stagnate in a past puddle […]

Nourish Tomorrow’s Generations

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Karla Passey de Bustamante and Dr. Mark Grover, Humanities “Society without basic family life is without foundation and will disintegrate into nothingness. Our political institutions…cannot rescue us if our basic institution, the family, is not intact. ” The importance of the family as a basic societal unit has been addressed from various points of view […]

Conservation of Archaeological Sites: A Case Study, Maseria de Carolis

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Rosalie Sharp and Dr. Roger McFarlane, Classics Introduction The original purpose of my research was to develop a conservation plan for Maseria de Carolis (MDC), an archaeological site on the north slope of Mt. Vesuvius, Italy. Professional conservation of archaeological sites is a relatively new area of study. While conservation principles were first discussed in […]

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND EARLY AMERICAN RELIGIOUS RHETORIC FROM THE PURITAN POLITICAL SERMONS

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Ryan D. Nelson and Dr. Neal Lambert, Humanities For this work, I attempted to look closer at the influence that the early Puritan political sermons had upon the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Although an interesting topic to study in general, I found it necessary to consistently revise my research to become more specific. […]

LOOKING BACK ON REVOLUTION: POST-REVOLUTIONARY POLITICAL SENTIMENT AS DEPICTED IN THE FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE OF MODERN TUNISIA

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Quinn Mecham and Dr. Dilworth Parkinson, Humanities, Classics and Comparative Literature I began this research project with the intention of briefly surveying all of the major literature of post-revolutionary Francophone North Africa and extracting the domestic political themes from each text. I soon realized that this was an extraordinarily difficult if not impossible task for […]