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Secular Dreams, Bloody Oracles: Staging State and Religion in Classical Athens and Enlightenment Paris

Publication Date
2020-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Mendel Jimenez
Department or Program
Greek and Roman Studies Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

I perform a comparative reading of <em>Iphigeneia Among the Taurians</em> by Euripides (around 414 BCE) and the adaptation <em>Iphigénie en Tauride</em> by Claude Guimond de La Touche (1757 CE). I aim to read the development of the secular with regards...

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Unworthy: Neoliberal Moral Values in Hiv Care for the Homeless

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Julianna Shinnick
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

HIV among homeless populations is an important public health issue. Researchers have estimated that three to twenty percent of homeless individuals are HIV-positive, a rate 9-10 time higher than the public at large. However, aspects of the medical institution are...

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