| 2008-2009 Graduate Student Travel Grants
Christopher D. Cantwell (History)
travel to Philadelphia for archival research for a dissertation on “The word made Flesh: The Adult Bible Class Movement and the Transformation of Evangelical America, 1880-1930”
Nicole Casi (History of Art and Visual Studies)
travel to Paris for archival research on her dissertation topic, the pastoral uses of Barbizon-style painting in third Republican (1870-1939) and Vichy (1940-1944) propaganda
Irene Depetris Chauvin (Romance Studies)
travel to Santiago de Chile and Valparaiso to photograph graffiti on the streets and on walls of public schools to examine the creative uses of pop culture references by Chilean graffiti youth culture in the articulation of counterculture discourses
Taryn Chubb (History of Art and Visual Studies)
travel to Spain to study the art of the late medieval period for a dissertation on “Preachers of the City, Art of the City: St. Vincent Ferrer, the Dominican Order, and The Art of Late Medieval Iberia”
Kimberly Couvson (Anthropology)
travel to Beijing for research on her dissertation topic, “China and the Creative Idiom: Brands and Advertising in China’s Emerging Knowledge Economy”
Samson Lim (History)
travel to Bangkok and to Kyoto for archival research on his dissertation topic, “Crime Stores,” in which he will trace the development of crime narratives in the Thai press since the late nineteenth century
Alicia Muñoz (Romance Studies)
travel to Santiago, Chile for research on her dissertation, “Reading Killer Women: Narratives of 20th Century Latin America”
Anna Paparcone (Romance Studies)
travel to Italy to conduct research on her dissertation topic, “Echoes of Pier Paolo Pasolini in Contemporary Italian Cinema”
Ryan Platt (Theatre, Film, and Dance)
travel to Amsterdam and Montpellier to research William Forsythe’s dance performances for his dissertation on contemporary performance
Aaron Ralby (Medieval Studies)
travel to Britain to study Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic for a dissertation project on “Wisdom of the Warrior: Defining Sapience in Heroic Contexts”
Amanda Snellinger (Anthropology)
travel to Nepal for research on her dissertation topic, “The Transfiguration of Political Imaginary: The Role of Generational Change in Nepali Student Activism”
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