2022 Humanities Student Symposium
April 1, 2022
2:00 pm
Opening Remarks
Education in Zion Auditorium (B192 JFSB)
2:10-3:30 pm
Session 1
A. Film (B050 JFSB)
Moderator: Professor Marc Yamada
Noah Hansen, “Princess Mononoke: A Japanese Cultural Lens to Address Global Issues”
Abii Wallace, “Spider-Man: A Cultural Icon for Marginalized Communities Diverse Communities”
Ansley Morris, “Instrumental Omniscience: How Musical Scores Play the Role of Narrator in Austen’s Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility”
B. Art and Spirituality (B101 JFSB)
Moderator: Professor Allen Christenson
Caroline Johnson, “Spiritualism and Séance: The Art of Georgianna Houghton as the Mother of Abstraction”
Katharine Davidson Bekker, “Those Who Weep: Tears, Eyes, and Blood in the Boussu Hours”
Gavin Miller, “The Making of a Synesthete: How Islamic Arts’ Reliance on Color and Shape Induce an Increased Connection Between Senses”
C. Hampton Court Payrolls (B103 JFSB)
Moderator: Professor Charlotte Stanford
Cope Makechnie, “Apprentices in the Hampton Court Payrolls of the 1530s”
Sarah Emmett, “Women Weeders of the 1530s at Hampton Court Palace”
D. Art and Exegesis (B132 JFSB)
Moderator: Professor Joseph Parry
Joseph Rowley, “‘Answerest Thou Nothing?’ An Eloquent Commentary on Silence in Gerrit van Honthorst’s Christ before the High Priest”
Nathan Osborn, “The Word became Flesh: The Power of Word and Image in the Christ as the Tree of Life Mosaic”
LeeAnn Broderick, “Ave Maris Stella: Nymph as the Virgin in Raphael’s Galatea”
Janessa Castaneda, “The Presence of the Seven Deadly Sins as a Confessional Element in Madonna of Chancellor Rolin”
3:40-5:00 pm
Session 2
A. Perspectives on John’s Revelation to the Churches of Asia Minor (B050 JFSB)
Moderator: Professor Thomas Wayment
Matt Fowers, “God in His Many Forms”
Spencer Clark, “The Violent Imagery of the Book of Revelation”
Derek Baker, “Satan in the Book of Revelation”
Brynna Gang, “An Imperial Roman Nightmare: The Seals and Slaves of Revelation 7”
B. Art and Gender (B101 JFSB)
Moderator: Professor Francesca Lawson
Makoto Hunter, “Queering Confucianism and Confucianizing Queerness in Japanese Popular Culture: How Family Reverence Overcomes Parental Transphobia in Love Me for Who I Am”
Katelynn Bayley, “Lady Xook’s Vision: Her Authority in Yaxchilan as the Wife of the Ajaw”
Spencer McWilliams, “Overcoming the ‘Other’: Reclamation of the Polynesian Female Form in Pusi Urale’s ‘Blonde Maidens’”
C. Poetry (B103 JFSB)
Moderator: Professor Seth Jeppesen
Abigayle Hobby, “Poseidon in The Iliad”
Logan Norris, “Justified Sacrifice: Dionysus and Pentheus in Euripides’s Bacchae”
Paul Guajardo, “Zankus Maze Menemadjimol: An Equatorial Guinean Poet in Translation”
D. Art, Society and Resistance (B132 JFSB)
Moderator: Professor Robert Colson
Kendall Clawson, “Entartete Kunst: Art Exhibit or Propaganda Tool?”
Alexandra Butterfield, “Touch Me, Touch Me Not: Catherine of Aragon as Holbein’s Magdalene”
Devin Glenn, “Promising Young Woman as a Postfeminist Reimagining of the Classic Western”
5:00 pm
Closing Remarks and Awards
Education in Zion Auditorium (B192 JFSB)
Reception (B003 JFSB)
2022 Symposium Awards of Merit
Abigail Wallace, “Spider-Man: A Cultural Icon for Marginalized Communities Diverse Communities”
Katharine Davidson Bekker, “Those Who Weep: Tears, Eyes, and Blood in the Boussu Hours”
Cope Makechnie, “Apprentices in the Hampton Court Payrolls of the 1530s”
Sarah Emmett, “Women Weeders of the 1530s at Hampton Court Palace”
Nathan Osborn, “The Word became Flesh: The Power of Word and Image in the Christ as the Tree of Life Mosaic”
Derek Baker, “Satan in the Book of Revelation”
Makoto Hunter, “Queering Confucianism and Confucianizing Queerness in Japanese Popular Culture: How Family Reverence Overcomes Parental Transphobia in Love Me for Who I Am”
Paul Guajardo, “Zankus Maze Menemadjimol: An Equatorial Guinean Poet in Translation”
Devin Glenn, “Promising Young Woman as a Postfeminist Reimagining of the Classic Western”