This study charts the affective and performative dimensions of intergenerational rupture between members of Eritrea’s diaspora in Bologna, Italy. This study locates political struggles around …
This paper is a companion piece to a multi-media performance titled Essential Tremors. The paper and Essential Tremors are formed out of shared research, language, …
This thesis places literature from the previously divided Germany and the currently divided Korea side-by-side, using the German model as a cautionary tale when speaking …
This dissertation analyzes historical novels written in Spain and the Spanish peripheries (Basque Country, Catalonia, and Galicia) in the last fifteen years, focusing on how …
Extramural cemeteries are part of the visual, social, and symbolic landscapes of settlements. They can transform according to the needs of changing social conditions, but …
This dissertation argues that the search for a usable past has been a<br/> fundamental part of women’s activism and re-examines American <br/> feminism through the lens …
Florianopolis, the island capital of Santa Catarina, Brazil, is home to endemic traditional music genres. Surrounding these genres are fraught areas of disagreement regarding traditions’ …
Abstract of "Remembering the Persian War Differently" by David Yates, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2011. The Persian War, culminating in Xerxes' invasion of Greece in …
Using canonization as a framework to engage the process of history creation and collective memory, this thesis seeks to understand why certain narratives gain a …
This thesis endeavors to understand the relationship between mental health and politics through the therapeutic work and advocacy performed at human rights organizations. I argue …
The thesis explores the histories of five displaced communities in Providence: The Narragansett Tribe, Colonial Black Heritage, Chinatown, Lippitt Hill, and Fox Point. Each of …