The Exeter Book (Exeter Cathedral Library, MS 3501) is a tenth-century, early medieval manuscript, which includes some of the most celebrated works of early English poetry. Traditional scholarly approaches to this material have argued for a resonance of this poetry within a monastic, Christian tradition. (Förster 1933, Orton 2016, Niles 2019). However, there has recently […]
C42: Retranslating History: Translating the Biography of General Liu Chi-Min
This project aimed to use information from interviews with the original author (Mouchu Cheng) to contextualize the poor translation and rewrite it. Since some of the chapters focused on too many technical details to be feasible for a one-year project, we focused on translating the chapters in the book that detail Liu Chi-Min’s life rather […]
C58: Communicating Research to Public Audiences: Faculty Perspectives
This qualitative project focuses on how research is communicated to public audiences with an emphasis on the perspectives of faculty researchers. Nine Miami faculty were interviewed to understand the ways in which they communicate their research findings to non-disciplinary audiences. Multiple disciplinary areas were represented- natural sciences, social sciences, fine arts, and business. Faculty members […]
A71: Risk Consciousness in Don DeLillo’s Literature
My research project is a humanities, literary and cultural analysis of author Don DeLillo’s fiction and how it intersects with the growing academic discourse of risk. My essay examines the development of risk consciousness in Don DeLillo’s literature in the face of major technological advancements that have fundamentally changed our conception of risk and risk […]
B06: Rewriting Marginality: Depictions of Greek Myth in Contemporary Literature
In recent years, a notable number of novels that reimagine Ancient Greek mythology have been published and received considerable attention among popular audiences. These novels deserve equal attention by scholars in the field of classical reception, which focuses on the treatment and appropriation of ancient myth. Classical reception asks, what features of ancient myth have […]
C02-T: Heart: A Book of Short Stories Examining the Complexities of Love and Relationships
Over the past year I conducted research in the areas of Psychology and English, mainly applying concepts to the question: What makes hookup culture so enticing for young adults in collegiate settings? As a young adult myself, I had always wondered what the psychological connections were between this type of culture and feelings of fulfilment […]
B42: The Paper Person: A Comparative Analysis of Rhetoric and Truth in Environmental Economics, Literature, and Policy
Environmental issues such as deforestation and climate change are some of the most pressing concerns today and require a concentrated global response. How does the rhetoric surrounding these topics affect how people understand them and form potential solutions? First, I analyze the rhetoric in Garrett Hardin’s 1968 “The Tragedy of the Commons,” one of the […]
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