Celebrate the Humanities: Teaching, Learning, Research

The Center for the Humanities honored Dr. David Carey Jr, Doehler Chair and Professor of History with the Nachbahr Award in recognition of Outstanding Scholarly Accomplishment in the Humanities. Dr. Carey delivered the 2023 Nachbahr Address, "Activism, Humility, and Collaboration in a Life of the Mind.” We also honored Prof. Andrea M. Leary, Teaching Professor in the Writing Department, the recipient of the 2023 CFH Teaching Faculty Excellence Award. This year's event additionally spotlighted short oral presentations by the recipients of the CFH Student Summer Fellowships, the recipient of a CFH Summer Internship Stipend, and the recipient of a CFH Summer Study Program Stipend.

A reception honoring Dr. Carey followed, during which attendees learned more about the summer work of our student fellows and stipend recipients through their poster presentations.

Nachbahr Address

• David Carey Jr, PhD. "Activism, Humility, and Collaboration in a Life of the Mind"

Loyola Student Summer Research Presentations

• Robbie Buhite: “Echoes of Ancient Greek Lyrics in Catullus’ Carmina” - Advisor: Aaron Palmore
• Sabrina Gurung: “Investigating Paubha: The Disappearing Contemplative Art Tradition of Nepal” - Advisor: Jessica Locke
• Gracie Loeser: “Narratives of Past and Present Suffering in Post-war Germany” – Advisor: Willeke Sandler

Summer Internship Recipients

• France Jimenez: Youth Services team of the International Rescue Committee, Baltimore, MD

Summer Study Programs

• Kate Izzo, San Gemini Preservation Studies in San Gemini, Italy
• Leah Rottler-Gurley, Ireland Archaeology: Castles in Communities program in Ballintober, Ireland
• Jason Rowe, “When Egypt Meets the Aegean,” from the College Year in Athens program

Teaching Faculty Excellence Award 2023

• Andrea M. Leary, Writing Department

The Center for the Humanities honored Dr. Martha Taylor, chair and professor of Classics, who delivered the 2022 Nachbahr Address,"What makes an Aristogeiton?" We also honored Prof. Ursula Sayers-Ward, Teaching Professor in Modern Languages and Literatures, the recipient of the 2022 CFH Teaching Faculty Excellence Award. This year's event additionally featured short oral presentations by the recipients of the CFH Student Summer Fellowships, the recipient of a CFH Summer Internship Stipend, and the recipient of a CFH Summer Study Program Stipend.

A reception honoring Dr. Taylor followed, during which attendees learned more about the summer work of our student fellows and stipend recipients through their poster presentations. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch the 2022 Event Recording

Nachbahr Address

• Martha Taylor, PhD. "What makes an Aristogeiton?

Learn more about the Nachbahr Award

Loyola Student Summer Research Presentations

• Tyler Bluestein: “Navigating the World with the Political Compass” - Advisor: Rick Boothby
• Nick Bosi: “J. L. Austin, Immanuel Kant, and the Aesthetics of the Social” - Advisor: Mavis Biss
• Scott Clifford: “Jean Toomer and his Search for Self” - Advisor:Mark Osteen
• Sam Dickson: "Ripper: A Full-Length Screenplay" - Advisor: Lucas Southworth
• Patrick McGinnis: "Paulitics: Persecution, Slavery, and Politics in Pauline Scripture" - Advisor: Zachary Smith
• Tommy Menzie: "The American Flag: A Symbol of Unity or Division?" - Advisor: Paola Pascual-Ferrá

Learn more about student summer fellowships

Summer Internship Recipients

• Tom Mortimer: Office of Rep. John Sarbanes, Maryland's 3rd Congressional District 

Learn more about summer internships

Summer Study Programs

• Christina Guerra, Spartan Archaeological Excavation through the Hellenic Education Research Center

Learn more about summer study programs

Teaching Faculty Excellence Award 2022

• Ursula Sayers-Ward, Modern Languages and Literatures

Learn more about Teaching Faculty Excellence Award

Nachbahr Address

• No Nachbahr Award was presented in 2021

Loyola Student Summer Research Presentations

• Mhret Alemu: “The Problem with Ethnicity due to Colonial and Cold War Legacies” - Advisor: Oghenetoja Okoh
• Julia Cataneo: “Journey of the Soul: Medieval Cartography between Christianity and Islam” - Advisor: Kelly DeVries
• Dulce Diaz-Alvarenga: “Life in War: A Chronicle of War-Time El Salvador 1970-1999” - Advisor: David Carey
• Stephen Kaiser: “The Earls of Warwick: From Conquerors to Kingmakers” - Advisor: Kelly DeVries

Summer Internship Recipients

• Anna Graff: Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees (MORA), Baltimore, MD
• Cara Kossuth: Fourth District Council Office of Mark Conway, Baltimore, MD
• Claire Svoboda: VR/XR Technology Services, Loyola-Notre Dame Library, Baltimore, MD

Affiliate Teaching Award 2021

co-winners:

• Gerard Blair, Lecturer, Communications
• Brandon Parlopiano, Lecturer, History 

Nachbahr Address

• Kathleen Forni, Ph.D. - The Learning Paradox: Why Knowing How Much You Know Matters

Student Summer Research Presentations

• Margaret Irwin: “Maryland Asylum and Training School for the Feeble-Minded” 
• Ema-Joanne Brauchler: “Heinrich Bullinger: The Lost Protestant Theologian” 
• Madeline Spath: “Isobel Gowdie: A Case Study of Scottish Witch Folklore and Witch Trials” 
• Brandon Miller: “Philosophy since Decolonization: A Study of Recent African and Africana Philosophy” 
• Shannon Ward: “Recapturing the Adolescent Reader: Discerning Literary Themes that Excite and Inspire” 
• Mark Rose: “The Thomist Understanding of Christ’s Corpse Separated from His Soul in the Tomb”

Summer Study Fellowship

• Brittany Romanoff: Kaqchikel Maya Language Training at Mayan Language Institute, June 14-July 25, 2020 - Advisor: David Carey

Summer Internship Recipient

• Mia Conde: Office of the Assistant Attorney General for Public Policy and Legislative Affairs: Washington, DC

Center for the Humanities Affiliate Teaching Award

• Giuliana Risso Robberto, Modern Languages and Literatures

Nachbahr Address

• Diane Chaffee-Sorace, Ph.D - Poetic Puzzles to Challenge the Mind

Student Presentations

• Jillian Fury, '20 - Victoria Kent and Louise Crane: A Case Study in the Feminist Revolt against Franco
• Samantha Kennedy, '20 - The Power of the Poem: An Examination of Slam Poetry in Building Communities that Empower
• Jennifer Meigs, '20 - 1950s America: Men in Gray Flannel Suits and Freud

Summer Internship Recipient

• Maren Ross, '20: United States Commercial Services - Frankfurt, Germany

Center for the Humanities Affiliate Teaching Award

• Lesley DiFransico, Ph.D., Theology

Nachbahr Address

• Thomas Ward, Ph.D. - The Life of the Mind: When Class Overwhelms Race and Gender

Student Presentations

• Beatrice King, ’19: Gramercy Global in Berlin Germany
• Gail Rabasca, '19: National Endowment for the Humanities: Office of Congressional Affairs
• Marisa Gochie, ’19: The Limits of Renewability: The Ethics of "Clean Energy" in Costa Rica
• Phoebe Labat, ’19: Exploring the Connections between the Choctaws and the Irish during and after the Great Irish Famine
• Hannah Loiselle, ’19: The Rise of Humanitarianism in the Middle East: The Early Years of the British Syrian Mission (1860-1891)
• Megan Adlem, ’20: Excavating in the Aegean: The Case of Despotiko at College Year in Athens

Center for the Humanities Affiliate Teaching Award

• Catherine Savell, M.A., Modern Languages and Literatures

Nachbahr Address

• Jean Lee Cole, Ph.D. - Diving into the Wreck

Student Presentations

• Kelly Mueller, ’18 - Josephus and Flavian Rome: An Examination of the Effects of Flavian Roma on Flavius Josephus
• Matthew Rossi, ’18 - A Humble Imitation: Literary Appropriations of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale in Coleridge’s Zapolya
• Hunter Flynn, ’18 - Power Lines: The York Road in Mason & Dixon

Center for the Humanities Affiliate Faculty Teaching Award

• Inas Hassan, Modern Languages and Literatures

Student Presentations

Panel 1 - Digging Women

• Katie Wright, Summer Study: Troia Archaeological Summer School and Halmyris Excavation
• Ian McNeely, Research Fellowship: “The Female Ideal: Representation and Myth in Heliodorus’ Aithiopika”
• Kelly Keenan, Research Fellowship: “Narratives of Women in the Rwandan Genocide”

Panel 2 - Learning Language and Law

• Joshua Ziesel, “A Corpus-Based Linguistic Study of Greek Tragic Interjections in Roman New Comedy”
• Calix O’Hara, Research Fellowship: “The Transcription and Analysis of Sentences Commentaries”
• Joshua Ziesel, German Study at the Goethe Institut
• Margaret Kenna, Internship, Hartford Superior Court: The Office of the Public Defender (Judicial District/Part A)

Panel 3 - Digging into Fine Art

• Rebeccah Swerdlow, Research Fellowship: “Mariana Mirroring Penelope: A Case of Classical Influence on Pre-Raphaelite Painting”
• Kelly Mueller, Internship at Western Reserve Historical Society

Center for the Humanities Affiliate Teaching Award

• Matthew Moser, Ph.D., Theology