2022-2023
I don’t quite have any specific ideas or topics in mind for my thesis yet, but I do know that I am interested in mythology, primarily the actual stories of the myths. I’ve always loved stories and narratives, so I enjoy reading about all the gods and heroes. My favorite texts include Hesiod’s Theogony, the …
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I spent most of the summer considering possible thesis topics, but the only thing I knew for certain was that I wanted to do something related to tragedy and possibly history. I read through almost all of the surviving tragedies from the three major tragedians over the course of a few months, and I was …
I spent the summer working on a research fellowship that will be the basis for my senior thesis. The project was a study of the language used to describe gender in the Orphic Hymns, and specifically of gender fluidity. I was interested in the ways that the gods are described as transcending a seeming human …
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I confess that my thesis ideas are still vague and in development. I know that I am particularly interested in Medieval, Christian Latin (possibly moving back into Late Antique, depending on what texts I end up with), and Classical reception in more recent times. I am not sure what direction to go in, because there …
Throughout classical literature, we see a variety of characterizations of dogs and wolves that motivate many, often opposing, instances of symbolism, which come together in a rich and convoluted depiction of canines as at once savage and nurturing, fickle and loyal, tireless and lazy, stupid and intelligent. Compare the dogs rending the bodies of …
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A couple of years ago I did a class called ‘Gender and Sexuality in Islam’. One of the topics I found most interesting in this class was the idea that in homosexual sexual relationships, it is sometimes only the passive partner who receives public shame and who is emasculated. When I discovered the Carmina Priapea, …
