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Plato’s Republic: There and Back Again
No full textThis lecture on Plato’s Republic was recorded in September 2023. The lecture was designed for students and faculty in the Freshman Studies program. This program, a multidisciplinary introduction to liberal learning, has been a cornerstone of the Lawrence curriculum since 1945.
The lecturer, Chloe Armstrong, is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Lawrence. Professor Armstrong is an expert on the history of philosophy, including both ancient and early modern philosophy. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the work of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and her recent scholarship has explored Leibniz’s influence on the thinking of twentieth-century American philosopher David Lewis
Knowing the Strangers in the Shogun\u27s City
No full textThis work of history is a biography of a woman named Tsuneno who lived in the first half of the 19th century in Edo, Japan (which would become Tokyo). On the strength of its storytelling this work has been awarded the 2021 PEN and National Book Critics Circle awards for biography. The book takes a sympathetic look at the life of a woman who made her way from a village to the big city. After having read about Plato’s ideal vision for a city in The Republic, this work of history will sketch for us the reality of life in a growing modern city, and give us a look at the demands such a city makes on individuals.
The lecturer, Brigid E. Vance, focuses her research on the intellectual and cultural history of dreams and dream divination in late Ming China. She also has research and teaching interests in early modern Japan, the history of psychology and psychoanalysis, cross-cultural interactions along the Silk Roads, and innovative and inclusive pedagogy. In 2020, Brigid was awarded Lawrence University’s Award for Excellent Teaching by an Early Career Faculty Member. Brigid completed the Further Education in Analytical Psychology Program at the CG Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland in 2017
A PUPPET
No full textMaterial: Pencil and Charcoal on Cotton Paper
Dimensions: 273 X 210 mm
Projects Advisor: Tony Gerald Conrad, John A. Shimon, Benjamin D. Rinehart
Year of Graduation: 2023
The Illusion of Autonomy:
A puppet, imitating the footsteps of others, moves towards an elusive light. It strives to maintain balance but is plagued by a deep-rooted unease, as if unseen forces push and pull from behind.
Unbeknownst to it, the uneasiness it feels stems from the discomfort of following, the uncertainty of the future, and doubt regarding the light at the end. It attributes these feelings to a fear of falling behind others.
The puppet pushes itself forward, believing it is acting of its own accord, convinced that it must continue down this chosen path.
Does it feel a sense of disconnection between its heart and its actions? The puppet remains a slave to invisible strings.https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2023/1008/thumbnail.jp
Something Like Skipping Stones, Detail
No full textMaterials: Ceramics, Ink and Cyanotype on Muslin, and Found Objects like Glass Marbles, Pony Beads, and Healing Dirt from El Santuario de Chimayo, Chimayo, New Mexico
Dimensions: Variable
Project Advisors: Benjamin Rinehart, Brittany Sievers, John A. Shimon
Year of Graduation: 2023https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2023/1012/thumbnail.jp
Gangliogenesis and Embryonic Development in Biomphalaria glabrata
Get PDFBiomphalaria glabrata is an intermediate host for a parasitic species, Schistosoma mansoni, which can infect humans causing schistosomiasis. The majority of research conducted on these snails focuses on host-parasite relationships. Thus, very little is known regarding their nervous system, especially during embryonic and juvenile development. This project aims to investigate the transition from the embryonic nervous system consisting of a network of neurons to a developed ganglionic nervous system consisting of a separation between clusters of nerve cell bodies, or ganglia, and connectives. To investigate when this process, known as gangliogenesis, occurs, immunofluorescence is used to visualize the serotonergic nervous system at various ages, thus, providing a better understanding of the timeline in which this process occurs. This study, additionally, aims to discern changes in gene expression throughout embryonic and early juvenile development by identifying differential gene expression patterns through RNA sequencing. Though we will be doing the transcriptome analysis with whole embryos and juveniles rather than just the isolated nervous system, we hypothesize that we will still be able to identify transcripts associated with the nervous system and its development. This process will also allow for the identification of candidate genes putatively involved in gangliogenesis in B. glabrata
Living Cloud, detail
No full textMaterials: Acrylic and yarn on canvas
Dimensions: 40 x 28 inches
Project Advisor: Tony Conrad, Brittany Sievers and Benjamin D. Reinhart
Year of Graduation: 2023https://lux.lawrence.edu/artgallery_se2023/1023/thumbnail.jp