Author: Kailee Rowe | Majors: History, Classical Studies | Semester: Summer 2023 This summer, I chose to participate in the Medieval England program primarily due to the subject of medieval history being a particular interest of mine. I had been hoping to take courses...
Author: Joshua Jacobs | Major: Classical Studies | Semester: Fall 2022 This semester, I conducted new research on the Semitic root p-q-d, while simultaneously presenting my previous work on the ancient Israelite cult of dead kin to scholars in the field. Specifically,...
Author: Joshua Jacobs | Major: Classical Studies | Semester: Fall 2022 My paper investigated the ideologies of death and the afterlife in Genesis 38. Specifically, I was interested in Judah’s threat to burn Tamar alive and how such an event would have destroyed the...
Author: Joshua Jacobs | Major: Classical Studies | Semester: Spring 2022 During my trip to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Undergraduate Classics Conference, I was able to present a paper analyzing some aspects of the conception of the afterlife present in...
Author: Joshua Jacobs | Major: Classical Studies | Semester: Summer 2022 My research intends to analyze certain aspects of the ancient Israelite ancestor cult: in short, I am attempting to discover real manifestations in ancient Hebrew literature of the belief that...
Author: Joshua Jacobs | Major: Classical Studies This summer, I had the opportunity to spend three weeks traveling around Greece under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), studying funerary customs throughout the various stages...
Author: Joshua Jacobs Major: Classical Studies with Minors in Religious and Jewish Studies During my trip to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Undergraduate Classics Conference, I was able to present a paper analyzing some aspects of the conception of the...
Author: Claire Campbell Major: Classical Studies I am Claire Campbell, a recent graduate with a BA in Classical studies and a minor in Jewish studies in Fulbright college. In the final semester of my undergraduate career, I worked with my thesis mentor, Dr....