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"'One guy goes to jail, two people are ready to take his spot': Perspectives on drug-induced homicide laws among incarcerated individuals" and "Pre-exposure prophylaxis awareness and interest among participants in a MAT program..."

Description:: Abstract Background As overdose deaths have increased in the United States, some lawmakers have explored punitive, “supply-side” interventions aimed at reducing the supply of fentanyl. …
Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Peterson, Meghan (creator); Rich, Josiah (Advisor); Brinkley-Rubinstein, Lauren (Reader); Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Social policy; Prisoners; Qualitative research
Collection:: Public Health; Theses and Dissertations

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"A Land Cleansed of Heretics”: Cult Practice and Contestation in the Christianization of Late Antique Constantinople

Description:: In November 324 CE the Roman emperor Constantine founded a new city soon to become the center of a Christian empire. At its inception, however, …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Falcasantos, Rebecca Stephens (creator); Harvey, Susan (Director); Kraemer, Ross (Reader); Papaioannou, Stratis (Reader); Brown University. Religious Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Late antique Christianity; Religious Competition; Constantinople; Religious Violence; Ritual; Violence--Religious aspects
Collection:: Religious Studies; Theses and Dissertations

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"A Mirror to Turke": "Turks" and the Making of Early Modern England

Description:: This study examines how relations with – and discourses of – the “Turk” within England shaped the contours of critical political and religious debates from …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Perille, Laura Ann (creator); Harris, Tim (Director); Nummedal, Tara (Reader); Brummett, Palmira (Reader); Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Ottoman Turks; discourse; Elizabeth I; Charles I; Cromwell; Exclusion Crisis; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Propaganda; Public opinion; Muslim converts; Pirates; Exclusion Crisis (Great Britain : 1678-1683); Elizabeth I, Queen of England > 1533-1603; Charles I, King of England > 1600-1649; Cromwell, Oliver; England
Collection:: History; Theses and Dissertations

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"An Interesting Planet": The Ecotheology of Marilynne Robinson's Fiction

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Description:: This thesis follows the development of Marilynne Robinson's ecotheology across her four novels. Robinson's theologically-grounded engagement with the environment is not simply marginal or incidental …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Kim, Naomi (creator); Kuzner, James (thesis advisor); Nabers, Deak (reader); Brown University. English (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Christianity; American literature; Christianity and culture; Religion and literature; Ecotheology; Environmental humanities; Marilynne Robinson; Theology
Collection:: English; Theses and Dissertations

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"By the Power of Signs and Wonders": Paul, Divinatory Practices, and Symbolic Capital

Description:: This dissertation is largely a project of redescription and taxonomy. In it, I redescribe, reclassify, and recontextualize the divinatory practices of the apostle Paul. Throughout …
Year:: 2012
Contributor:: Eyl, Jennifer T (creator); Stowers, Stanley (Director); Kraemer, Ross (Reader); Harvey, Susan (Reader); Brown University. Religious Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: divinatory practices; paul; apostle paul; ancient christianity; mediterranean religions; wonder workers; roman religions; practice theory; taxonomy; Divination; Miracle workers; Romans--Religion; Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Collection:: Religious Studies; Theses and Dissertations

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"Canned History": American Newsreels and the Commodification of Reality, 1927-1945

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Description:: By examining the history of the sound newsreel in the 1930s and 1940s, this dissertation illustrates how moving picture news changed the way Americans experienced …
Year:: 2011
Contributor:: Clark, Joseph E.J. (creator); Smulyan, Susan (Director); Rosen, Philip (Director); Joyrich, Lynne (Reader); Brown University. American Civilization (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: newsreel; documentary; film history; moviegoing; media history; cultural history; Lindbergh; Sino-Japanese War; Motion picture journalism; Documentary films; Mass media and history; Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945); United States
Collection:: American Studies; Theses and Dissertations

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"Come Hear our Merry Song": Shifts in the Sound of Swedish Radical Nationalism

Description:: Organized opposition to immigration, globalization, and minority groups in Sweden exploded during the 1980s and 1990s, energized in large part by the spread of skinhead …
Year:: 2013
Contributor:: Teitelbaum, Benjamin R (creator); Perlman, Marc (Director); Titon, Jeff (Reader); Miller, Kiri (Reader); Tucker, Joshua (Reader); Bohlman, Philip (Reader); Brown University. Music: Ethnomusicology (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: extremism; immigration; Nationalism; Music; Radicalism; Emigration and immigration; Racism; Sweden; Scandinavia
Collection:: Music; Ethnomusicology; Theses and Dissertations

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"Drama Sustains the Spirit": Art, Ritual, and Theater in Jin and Yuan Period Pingyang, 1150-1350

Description:: Pingyang (modern Linfen, Shanxi) was a major art and theater center in North China during the Jin and Yuan periods. Soon after the Jurchen conquered …
Year:: 2011
Contributor:: Zhang, Fan (creator); Bickford, Maggie (Director); Bickford, Maggie (Reader); Zerner, Catherine (Reader); Hansen, Valerie (Reader); Brown University. History of Art and Architecture (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Zhugongdiao; Chinese archaeology; Cizhou pillow; Quanzhen Daoism; Conquest Dynasty; mortuary art; Filial piety
Collection:: History of Art and Architecture; Theses and Dissertations

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"El melancólico vacío": Poesía, poética y melancolía entre La Galatea de Cervantes y las Soledades de Góngora (1585-1614)

Description:: This dissertation studies the philosophical implications and formal repercussions of melancholy in Spanish poetry at the turn of the seventeenth century, along with the constructions …
Year:: 2013
Contributor:: Valencia, Felipe (creator); Gaylord, Mary (Director); Merrim, Stephanie (Reader); Bass, Laura (Reader); Brown University. Hispanic Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Spanish Golden Age poetry; Renaissance poetics; pastoral; Cervantes; La Galatea; Huarte de San Juan; Juan de Arguijo; Francisco de la Torre; lyric theory in the Renaissance; Góngora; Soledades; Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea; Melancholy; Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de > 1547-1616; Huarte, Juan > 1529?-1588; Arguijo, Juan de > 1567-1628?
Collection:: Hispanic Studies; Theses and Dissertations

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"Frenchmen from Algeria": The 1943 Campaign to Restore the Crémieux Decree and its Limits

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Description:: This thesis traces the Jewish-American advocacy campaign of 1943 to restore the Crémieux Decree -- which the French government passed in 1870 and which granted …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Mermelstein, Zoë E. (creator); Johnson, Jennifer (thesis advisor); Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Humanitarian assistance; Citizenship; colonialism; Algeria; World War II; Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945); Jews, American; Mizrahim; French colonies
Collection:: History; Theses and Dissertations

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"From a Calmer Height of Love and Wisdom": Emerson, Religious Sentiment, and Environmental Intimacy

Description:: While it has long been acknowledged that Ralph Waldo Emerson’s work has had an important impact on religious thought in America, he is often treated …
Year:: 2017
Contributor:: Friesner, Nicholas Aaron (creator); Cladis, Mark (Advisor); Lewis, Thomas (Reader); Bush, Stephen (Reader); Willis, Andre (Reader); Brown University. Department of Religious Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882; Religious ethics; Environmental ethics; Ethics; Pragmatism; Transcendentalism
Collection:: Religious Studies; Theses and Dissertations

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"Half-read Wisdom": Classics, Modernism and the Celtic Fringe

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Description:: The "half-read" knowledge of classical and Celtic languages exerted a major ideological impact on the development of political and linguistic nationalisms in twentieth-century Ireland, Scotland …
Year:: 2013
Contributor:: Baker, Gregory Edward (creator); Haynes, Kenneth (Director); Blasing, Mutlu (Reader); Konstan, David (Reader); Brown University. Comparative Literature (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Modernism; Classical Reception; James Joyce; W. B. Yeats; Hugh MacDiarmid; David Jones; Saunders Lewis; Celtic; 20th Century; Multilingualism; Nationalism; Poetics; Celts; Classics; Joyce, James; Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) > 1865-1939; MacDiarmid, Hugh > 1892-1978; Lewis, Saunders > 1893-1985; Ireland; Scotland; Wales
Collection:: Comparative Literature; Theses and Dissertations

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"He can run away, life goes on;" Factors in Partner Disclosure among HIV Positive Adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa

Description:: Background: Home to around 7.7 million HIV positive individuals, South Africa holds 20% of the global HIV population. HIV presents many challenges, such as stigmatization, …
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Belsky, Mikaela S. (creator); Harrison, Abigail (thesis advisor); Pellowski, Jennifer (reader); Brown University. Biology Undergraduate Education (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: HIV-positive persons; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Teenagers--Sexual behavior
Collection:: Biology and Medicine; Theses and Dissertations

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"I Made a New Man in My Mind": Gender and the Making of the University of Paris, c. 1100-1300

Description:: Universities were among the most consequential institutions of the later middle ages, but in their formative years their success was threatened by the vehement critiques …
Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Carroll, Charles Scott (creator); Remensnyder, Amy (Advisor); Conant, Jonathan (Reader); Castiglione, Caroline (Reader); Brown University. Department of History (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Gender; Masculinity; Middle Ages; Rhetoric; Higher Education; France--Paris
Collection:: History; Theses and Dissertations

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"In other words... Crab sticks are VR too!"

Description:: A virtual environment coded in A-frame with audio recordings, text, interaction, and video. Available online at https://crab-stick-vr.glitch.me.
Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Stine Su Yon An (Creator); Brown University. Literary Arts (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: imitation crab meat; vr; a-frame; Virtual reality
Collection:: Literary Arts; Theses and Dissertations

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"Inflamed by Daily Practices": John Cassian and Ethical Formation

Description:: "'Inflamed by Daily Practices': John Cassian and Ethical Formation" is the first inter-disciplinary treatment of the ethical program fostered by the fifth-century Christian ascetic John …
Year:: 2014
Contributor:: Clements, Niki Kasumi (creator); Lewis, Thomas (Director); Harvey, Susan (Reader); Cladis, Mark (Reader); Bush, Stephen (Reader); Brown University. Religious Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: John Cassian; ethical formation; human agency; self; person; Ethics; Subjectivity
Collection:: Religious Studies; Theses and Dissertations

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"It could have been me": Empathy, civic engagement, and violence in Mexico

Description:: Why do some citizens pursue civic engagement after exposure to violence while others retreat from civic life? Existing theories point toward the trauma of victimization. …
Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Bell-Martin, Rebecca V. (creator); Snyder, Richard (Advisor); Andreas, Peter (Reader); Weitz-Shapiro, Rebecca (Reader); Blair, Rob (Reader); Brown University. Department of Political Science (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Democracy; Violence; Political science; Political violence; Empathy; Political participation (Mass political behavior); War
Collection:: Political Science; Theses and Dissertations

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"Meeting the Needs of Today's Girl": Youth Organizations and the Making of a Modern Girlhood, 1945-1980

Description:: In the 1910s, groups of middle-class women began organizing voluntary youth organizations to provide a blend of recreation, spirituality, patriotism, and character development for America's …
Year:: 2010
Contributor:: Foley, Jessica L (creator); Buhle, Mari (Director); Self, Robert (Reader); Meckel, Richard (Reader); Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Girlhood; Childhood; Activism; Postwar; Women; Girls; Children; Education
Collection:: History; Theses and Dissertations

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"Melodramma," Market and Modernity: Opera in Late Nineteenth-Century Italy

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Description:: Abstract of “MELODRAMMA,” MARKET AND MODERNITY: OPERA IN LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY ITALY by MICHELA RONZANI, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2015. My dissertation “Melodramma,” Market, and Modernity: …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Ronzani, Michela (creator); Stewart-Steinberg, Suzanne (Director); Castiglione, Caroline (Reader); Riva, Massimo (Reader); Campana, Alessandra (Reader); Brown University. Italian Studies (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Italian Opera; Nineteenth-Century Italy
Collection:: Italian Studies; Theses and Dissertations

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"Micro-valences": Affective valence in "neutral" everyday objects

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Description:: Affective valence influences both our cognition and our perception of the world. For example, the speed and quality with which we recognize objects in a …
Year:: 2011
Contributor:: Lebrecht, Sophie (creator); Sheinberg, David (Director); Tarr, Michael (Reader); Badre, David (Reader); Bar, Moshe (Reader); Brown University. Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences: Cognitive Sciences (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Affective processing; Valence; Micro-valence; Object Perception; fMRI
Collection:: Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences; Cognitive Sciences; Theses and Dissertations

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