This study explores how Early Christian Latin hymns written between the fourth and sixth centuries harnessed the power of song for instruction. I argue that …
In 1667, Gian Lorenzo Bernini—the most celebrated Italian artist of his day—received a papal commission to design ten marble angels carrying the relics of the …
This dissertation investigates the Virgin of Le Puy, a famous Black Madonna sculpture destroyed in 1794. It uses inventories, pilgrim badges, liturgical texts, written description …
While mortuary contexts have traditionally been key loci for the discussion of ritual within archaeological literature, there has been little discussion of the emotional dimensions …
This dissertation presents the first comprehensive study of the archaeological record of sacrifice and the site-specific character of the ritual in Republican Rome and Latium. …
This Dissertation explores the interaction of performance and warfare in the framework of colonial and post-colonial times. The issues in question unfold in relationship with …
Shortly after the invasion of Singapore in 1942, Japanese soldiers massacred tens of thousands of Chinese civilians. Returning after the war, British colonial authorities held …
SOAK is an intermedia performance suite that comprises three pieces – Soto, Soak, and Tsuchi. This is a ritualistic performance where I reexamine myself and …
Most banners, flags, and other types of portable images, once prestigious signs of identity for the groups that carried them in processions, have disappeared through …
