Feminist and Marriage-related Issues in Seventheenth Century French Fairy Tales

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Susanna Allred My project studied the discussion of feminist and marriage-related issues in seventheenth century French fairy tales. Though Charles Perrault is now the most famous writer of fairy tales, he was part of a larger literary trend of fairy tale-writing. This literary vogue was dominated and actually started by female writers. Though Perrault’s tales […]

Russian Demographics

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Mack Whitehead and Dr. Tony Brown, Department of Humanities The goal of the project was to establish correlation between a Russian person’s demographics, their emotional views and reactions regarding nuclear threats in 1999 and 2012. Research will include the interrupting of the data that is already present, and research will include looking into the political […]

Methods of Manuscript Analysis for the Recovery of Lost Text

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Claire Monson and Dr. Roger Mcfarlane, Department of Classics and Comparative Literature The purpose of my application for an ORCA Grant was to collaborate with Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 950: Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, located in Hamburg, Germany. Using their resources and the expertise of Professor Roger T. Macfarlane, we were able to make […]

Leadership in the Humanities A Look at Practical Applications of Humanities Education

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Susanne McGann and Dr. Gregory Clark, Department of Humanities The initial aim of my project was 1) to evaluate the transferable skills of a Humanities education in the job market and 2) to help Humanities students recognize, articulate, and apply their knowledge and skills to future careers. In order to reach the first aim, I […]

Collecting Folklore

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Trent Leinenbach and Dr. Stephen Tuttle, Department of Humanities Our purpose in collecting folklore was to examine what happens to a society when the people can no longer identify themselves by nationality. Transylvania is a particularly good case study, because the borders have been disputed between Hungarians and Romanians essentially for as long as both […]

Hope Rises in the Leprosy Colonies of India: Examining the Mission and Success of Rising Star Outreach

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Kelsey Elayne Holloway Murdoch and Dr. Francesca Lawson, Department of Humanities I began my quest to graduate with University Honors during my freshman year at Brigham Young University. I was encouraged by friends, family, and professors, and I loved the challenge of the Honors Courses and the cultural exploration stimulated by the Great Works requirements. […]

The Impact of Different Learning Styles on Language Study and the Formation of Long Term Memory

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Benjamin Black and Dr. Masakazu Watabe, Department of Humanities My Approach The purpose of my ORCA project has been to research different methods of language study and ultimately shed light on the method of study that will best engage the student in the target language, keep their motivation to study as high as possible and […]