Caroline Ferrell and Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elliott Wise, comparative Arts & Letters Created around 1470, the Morgan Black Hours (MS M.493) is part of a rare group of manuscripts with black pages, gold lettering, and luminous miniatures painted in blue, green, and pink (see Fig. 1). My initial paper, which led me to this project, […]
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Antiochus IV and the Origin of Jewish Martyrdom Literature
Allen Kendall and Faculty Mentor: Stephen Bay, Comparative Arts and Letters The study of ancient martyrdom literature has typically revolved around early Christian literature. Many scholars view the concept of martyrdom as a Christian construct, which borrowed only minimally from earlier literary traditions.1This assumption exists largely because Christian writers first used the term “martyr”—originally a […]
Telling The Story of a Forgotten Martyr: Step One
Caleb Deppermann and Faculty Mentor: Stephen Bay, Comparative Arts and Letters The purpose of the our research was to establish the date of the authorship of the ancient martyrdom Passio Sanctorum Adriani et Nataliae. This text is an early Christian martyrdom account that was widely read in antiquity and in the middle ages. The two […]
A Look at Peruvian Theater: A Translation of and Reflection on No hay isla feliz
Rachel Draut and Faculty Mentor: Marlene Esplin, Comparative Arts and Letters No hay isla feliz (1954) is a significant part of Sebastián Salazar Bondy’s repertoire and a valuable work of Latin American literature that deserves to be known to the English-speaking world. The play’s author was one of most influential Peruvian authors of his time […]
Michelangelo’s Rondanini Pietà: Construction, Creation, and Sculptural Meditation
Heidi Pyper Faculty Mentor: Elliott D. Wise, Department of Comparative Arts and Letters I organized this research project to better understand Michelangelo’s final work and sculpture, the Rondanini Pietà, which contains an upright Jesus supported from behind by Mary (Fig. 1). Michelangelo labored on the sculpture up until the last days of his life, and […]
Recognizing the Portuguese Immigrants of the 1940s through Photographs by Visual Anthropologist John Collier Jr.
Anna Giberson and Faculty Mentor: James Swensen, Department of Comparative Arts and Letters This project focused on the study of the photographs of Portuguese immigrants in Massachusetts taken in 1942 by John Collier Jr., an important pioneer in visual anthropology. My goal was to analyze Collier’s photographs in order to raise awareness of the contributions […]
Digital Analysis of Norwegian Tourist Journals: Searching for the Ecological Imaginary
Andrew Tate and Dr. Christopher Oscarson, Department of Comparative Arts and Letters I wanted to understand how Norwegians’ perceptions of their own country, particularly with regards to ecology, changed between the years 1868 and 1921. The Norwegian Tourist Association (or Den Norske Turistforening) has been publishing yearbooks since 1868. These publications are packed with articles […]
Exploration of the Feminist and Judaic Components in the Art of Bracha L. Ettinger
Hannah Sandorf and Faculty Mentor: Heather Jensen, Department of Comparative Arts and Letters Bracha L. Ettinger is considered by many contemporary art scholars as one of the most important living artists of our day that addresses cultural trauma transferal. The child of Jewish immigrants who escaped the Lodz Ghetto, Ettinger grew in Israel, becoming interested […]
Equilibration of Chloride Ions in Concrete Bridge Decks after Rehabilitation Using Hydro-Demolition and Concrete Overlay
Elizabeth Newbill and Dr. Spencer Guthrie, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department In cold regions like northern Utah, harsh winters can lead to decreases in the service life of concrete bridge decks. Chloride-based deicing salts, which are commonly used to remove snow and ice from the surface of concrete bridge decks during winter months, are of […]
The Herculaneum Papyri: A Paleographic Approach to the Latin Library
Jordan Rawlings and Faculty Mentor: Roger Macfarlane, Department of Comparative Arts and Letters In the 1750’s AD, military engineers commissioned by the Bourbon rulers found many black, chalky chunks while excavating an underground Roman villa. Initially these lumps were thought to be coal or other detritus and were thus handled with little care. Later, some […]
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