awards, accolades & exhibits
Philosophy major and SURF recipient Laura LaPlante ('10) will present her research, "Exploring the Rightful Application of Wittgenstein's 'Forms of Life' and 'Family Resemblance' in Social Anthropology," on Friday, October 16 at 9 a.m. in the New England Center. Her presentation is part of the Northern New England Philosophy Association's annual conference.
Melody Chapin ('10), a voice performance major who recently returned from her IROP project in São Paulo, Brazil, where she studied Brazilian art song—and even gave a recital in Portuguese—will give a lecture/recital, “Discoveries of Brazilian Art Song” on SUNDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER at 2:00 p.m. in the Bratton Recital Room of the Paul Creative Arts Center. She’ll reprise a shorter version for the IROP Symposium on SATURDAY, 3 OCTOBER at 2:30 p.m. in MUB theaters 1 and 2.
Andrew McKernan ('09) has been awarded a Fulbright to return to Moscow next year to continue working with Professor Vladimir Sedov on contemporary architecture. In 2010 he will begin the Ph.D. program in Russian history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read more >>
With the help of an International Research Opportunities Program (IROP) grant, Anna Bruning, a senior majoring in communication, spent last summer in Spain filming a documentary on Basque identity. See the film on Tuesday, April 28 at 7:00 pm in MUB Theater 1. This event is free and open to the public.
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Patrick Ryan ('09) will present his paper "Foucault's Archeology: Metaphysics or Pragmatics?" at the April 2009 undergraduate philosophy conference in Hanover, New Hampshire, a meeting sponsored by the Dartmouth philosophy department and the undergraduate philosophy journal Aporia. Mr. Ryan's paper is based his summer of 2008 research project, "Criticizing the Modern Age: the Work of Michel Foucault," funded by IROP.
Prof. David Hiley of the UNH philosophy department and Mr. Hervé Oulc'hen, a doctoral candidate at the University of Bordeaux, together mentored Mr. Ryan through his research conducted at both the University of Bordeaux and the Institut Memoires de L'Edition Contemporaine near Caen, France.
Bob Jones ('09), a fine arts student with a focus on sculpture, is showing his work at the Alcove Gallery in Paul Creative Arts Center through the end of February. With funding from a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Mr. Jones researched mold making and figurative sculpture and produced three half-life-sized figures. He will talk about his experience on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 12:40 p.m.
Luke Miller ('09) traveled to Australia last summer with funding from the International Research Opportunities Program (IROP) to research "Australian Aboriginal Music and the Social and Cultural Roles that it Plays.” He will present his findings in PCAC M223 from 4:15-5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 12. This event is free and open to the public.
Andrew McKernan (’09), Russian and linguistics major, will present his paper, “As it Was in the Beginning, is Now, and Forever Shall Be: The Evolution of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Palace of the Soviets” at the 23rd national Conference on Undergraduate Research in La Crosse, Wisconsin, April 16-18, 2009. Mr. McKernan’s paper is based on research funded by an IROP grant and conducted in Moscow during the summer of 2008, work overseen by Prof. Cathy Frierson of the UNH history department and Prof. Vladimir Sedov, professor of architectural history at Moscow State University.