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Letter from J. R. Eakin to Stephen Mather
No full textLetter from J. R. Eakin to Stephen T. Mather about expenses and reconstruction of the Kaibab Trail
'Pilings of Thought Under Spoken': The Poetry of Susan Howe, 1974-1993.
No full textPhDThis thesis discusses the poetry published by contemporary American poet Susan
Howe over a period of almost two decades. The dissertation is chiefly concerned with
articulating the relationship between poetic form, history, and authority in this body
of' work. Howe's poetry dredges the past for the linguistic effects of patriarchy,
colonialism and war. My reading of the work is an exploration of the ways in which a
disjunctive poetics can address such historical trauma. The poems, rather than
attempting to reinstate voices lifted from what Howe has called "the dark side of
history", are a means of reflecting the resistance that the past offers to contemporary
investigation. It is the effacement, and not the recovery, of history's victims, that is
discernible in the contours of these highly opaque texts. Notions of authority are most
often addressed in the poetry through the figure of paternal absence, which has a
threefold function in the work, serving to represent social authority, an aporetic
conception of divinity and an autobiographical narrative. Alongside the antiauthoritarian
currents in the writing - critiques, for example, of the doctrine of
Manifest Destiny or of scapegoating versions of femininity - my thesis stresses Howe's
engagement with negative theology and with a strain of American Protestant
enthusiasm that has its roots in 17th century New England. The dissertation explores
the dissonance caused by the co-existence in the poetry of elements of political dissent
and religious mysticism. Finally, I consider Howe's engagement with literary history
and authors such as Shakespeare, Swift, Thoreau and Melville. The manner in which
Howe deploys the words of others in her work, I argue, allows for a mixture of textual
polyphony and a more conventional notion of authorial 'voice'
Service-oriented models for audiovisual content storage
No full textWhat are the important topics to understand if involved with storage services to hold digital audiovisual content? This report takes a look at how content is created and moves into and out of storage; the storage service value networks and architectures found now and expected in the future; what sort of data transfer is expected to and from an audiovisual archive; what transfer protocols to use; and a summary of security and interface issues
Joseph Howe: Principle and pragmatism
No full textThis thesis examines Joseph Howe and his role in this history of Confederation both as an opponent of Confederation and his abandonment of the repeal movement to negotiate for improved financial terms with the federal government of Sir John A. Macdonald. The core argument more specifically is that from his initial involvement with the Anti- Confederates to his entrance to Macdonald' s cabinet Howe' s actions were influenced by: a desire to protect the interests of Nova Scotia, a belief in the value of the British Empire, and pragmatism. The thesis has been organized along two chronological divisions with chapters two and three each dealing with a specific time period. Chapter two examines Howe' s Botheration Letters, selections of his correspondence, and his proposed organization of the Empire will be examined as they provide clear examples of Howe' s motivation and arguments he utilized in opposition to Confederation. The third chapter deals with Howe' s response to the British North America Act becoming law and how he progressed from a stance of outspoken opponent of Confederation to federal cabinet minister. From this the thesis' primary focus is presented, that Howe' s actions as both opponent and supporter of Confederation were consistent and driven by principle and vision while being tempered by pragmatism
Letter from J. R. Eakin to Stephen Mather
No full textLetter from J. R. Eaking to the National Park Service director about changes to the Grand Canyon National Park boundaries, and access to water near the Buggeln property on Desert View road
"Greensboro, City of Racial Paradoxes", by Stephen J. Goldfarb, circa 1993
No full textAn article written by Stephen J. Goldfrab. This article discusses the civil rights movement in Greensboro, N.C. during the 1960s. The city had a paradoxical nature, being both racially moderate and having segregated public facilities and employment. The author of the article, Stephen J. Goldfrab, uses interviews to tell the story of the sit-ins and demonstrations that led to desegregation in Greensboro, but neglects to discuss the role of voting in the civil rights movement. The author refers to Historian William H. Chafes to give context about Greensboro, N.C. 1 page
Ideology, consciousness, and inner-city redevelopment: The case of Stephen Goldsmith\u27s Indianapolis
No full textAn analysis of Mayor Stephen Goldsmith\u27s housing and community development policies in Indianapolis from 1991-1999. Evaluation of how the mayor\u27s populist ideology influenced affordable housing production in the city\u27s most distressed neighborhoods. (author-supplied description
Muriel Spark as auto-biographer in <i>Curriculum</i> <i>Vitae</i>
No full textExamining Muriel Spark's main aims as an auto-biographer in her work Curriculum Vitae brings important resources in the exploration of the genre of autobiographical writing. This with the theoretical engagement, allows consideration of the critical issues surrounding the roles of author and reader in the construction of the literary self. Spark demands the reader participate in the constructon of textual meaning; overturning the conventions of autobiography, satirising its claims to omniscience and highlighting the impossibility of an authentic voice with regard to the self
2021 Judge Horace J. Johnson, Jr. Lecture on Race, Law and Policy with Stephen Carter
No full textYale Law School\u27s Cromwell Professor Stephen Carter served as the inaugural Judge Horace J. Johnson, Jr. Lecturer on Race, Law and Policy
Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1982. He is the author of 15 books, as well as six novels, including The Emperor of Ocean Park, which spent 11 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, and The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln, a fictional account of a trial of Lincoln in the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors. Carter is a graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School. He served as a law clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall at the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Spottswood W. Robinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Among the accolades Carter\u27s work has received are the Louisville-Grawemeyer Award in Religion, the Anisfield-Wolf Award for Fiction and the Paul M. Bator Award. He has also served on the Pulitzer Prize fiction jury.
With support from UGA\u27s Presidential Task Force on Race, Ethnicity and Community, the School of Law and School of Public and International Affairs have established the Judge Horace J. Johnson, Jr. Lecture on Race, Law and Policy in honor of the late jurist, who was a trailblazer for the Black community in Georgia. Johnson was a pioneer throughout his life. He was one of five students who helped desegregate Newton County, Georgia, schools in the 1960s. He graduated from the UGA School of Law in 1982. After briefly working in Atlanta, Johnson became the first Black attorney to practice in his home county. In 2002, he became the first Black Superior Court judge to serve in the Alcovy Judicial Circuit when then-Gov. Roy Barnes appointed him to the post. He remained in this role until his death in July 2020
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