Celebrate the conclusion of the 2023 College Summer Institute (CSI) in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences by attending our concluding research symposium on Thursday, August 17, 2023. The symposium features live research presentations from the participating CSI Scholars, who engaged in faculty-mentored undergraduate research and creative scholarship throughout the summer.
The CSI symposium is open to the campus community and the general public.
2023 COLLEGE SUMMER INSTITUTE CLOSING SYMPOSIUM
SCHEDULE
Full presentation abstracts are available in the Online Proceedings.
All events in Room 140 of the Harper Memorial Library, unless otherwise noted
9:00-9:25 AM: Morning Refreshments
9:25-9:30 AM: Event Welcome
9:30-10:40 AM: Session 1
Liviu Megherea, "Fungal Nomenclature and Professional Autonomy in the Molecular Age" (Research mentor: Dr. Brad Bolman, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for the Formation of Knowledge)
Sammy Zimmerman, "Fungus Among Us: People, Place, and Species in Fungal Cholera Theories of 19th Century Britain and India" (Research mentor: Dr. Brad Bolman, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for the Formation of Knowledge)
My Chu, "Addiction on a Chip? Biomedical Models and Their Politics" (Research mentor: Dr. Melanie Jeske, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for the Formation of Knowledge)
Sarah Gaudron, "Unmasking Endometriosis: Stigma, Normalization, and Diagnosis Delays" (Research mentor: Dr. Melanie Jeske, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for the Formation of Knowledge)
Charlotte Manier, "Navigating Endometriosis: Personal Experience and Institutional Practices" (Research mentor: Dr. Melanie Jeske, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for the Formation of Knowledge)
10:45 AM-11:55 AM: Session 2
Nikita Munsif, "Harriet Parsons, Astrophysicist: Women’s Contributions to 20th Century Astronomy" (Research mentor: Dr. Kristine Palmieri, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for the Formation of Knowledge)
Elena Tiedens, "Entering American Astronomy: Pushing the Boundaries of Women’s Work and International Science at Yerkes Observatory, 1929-1934" (Research mentor: Dr. Kristine Palmieri, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for the Formation of Knowledge)
Pallas Eible Hargro, "Back to School in Babylonia" (Research mentor: Professor Susanne Paulus, Associate Professor of Assyriology, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures)
Dani Levy, "Women and Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia Through the Lens of Scribal Education" (Research mentor: Professor Susanne Paulus, Associate Professor of Assyriology, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures)
Sarah Ware, "Tracing Literacy and the Literate: Scribal Education in Ancient Babylonia" (Research mentor: Professor Susanne Paulus, Associate Professor of Assyriology, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures)
12:00-12:45 PM: Lunch (Harper Memorial Library Room 284)
12:50-2:00 PM: Session 3
Lizzie Mickiewicz, "Infant Phoneme Discrimination Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy" (Research Mentor: Professor Marisa Casillas, Assistant Professor, Comparative Human Development)
Sarah Sommer, "Analyzing Social Identity and Language Acquisition" (Research Mentor: Professor Marisa Casillas, Assistant Professor, Comparative Human Development)
Ricky Gonzalez, "A Glimpse of the Global South: An Anthology of Anticolonial Manifestos" (Research Mentor: Professor Leah Feldman, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature)
Liana Raguso, "Anticolonial Thought in Print and Translation: The Making of an Anthology" (Research Mentor: Professor Leah Feldman, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature)
Austin Xie, "Portrayals of Artificial Intelligence Throughout Scholarship and Media" (Research Mentor: Dr. Andre Uhl, Postdoctoral Researcher and Instructor, Institute for the Formation of Knowledge)
2:05-3:15 PM: Session 4
Christian Bird, "The Frank Tarbell and Joe Shapiro Collections" (Research Mentor: Tara Kuruvilla, Collections Research Preceptor, Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry, Smart Museum)
Nathan Davis, "The Max Epstein Archive" (Research Mentor: Tara Kuruvilla, Collections Research Preceptor, Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry, Smart Museum)
Zak Sadak, "Harrie A. Vanderstappen’s Legacy: Exploring his Impact on Students, the Smart Museum, and the Discipline" (Research Mentor: Tara Kuruvilla, Collections Research Preceptor, Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry, Smart Museum)
Sarah Thau, "Edward A. Maser: A Key Scholar, Educator, and Director at the Smart Museum of Art" (Research Mentor: Tara Kuruvilla, Collections Research Preceptor, Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry, Smart Museum)
3:05-4:00 PM: Session 5
Gabriel Correa Ramos Alves, "Reframing Political Activism in East Germany through Activist Interviews" (Research mentor: Professor Nicole G. Burgoyne, Germanic Languages and Literatures)
Sam Remondi, "Die Taschenbücher: Pocket Books at the Confluence of 18th and 19th Century German Material and Literary Culture" (Research Mentor: Elizabeth Frengel, Curator of Rare Books, The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, The University of Chicago Library)
Francesco Rahe, "Ostjuden and German Jews: National Identity in Aufbau" (Research Mentor: Professor Na'ama Rokem, Associate Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature and Comparative Literature, Center for Jewish Studies, NELC, and Comparative Literature)
Max Rosenblum, "Profiling the Press: Mid-Century Jewish Periodicals" (Research Mentor: Professor Na'ama Rokem, Associate Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature and Comparative Literature, Center for Jewish Studies, NELC, and Comparative Literature)
We encourage you to attend for the entire symposium, or you are welcome to drop in throughout the day.
A big thank you to the 2023 CSI Faculty and Research Mentors for guiding the undergraduate researchers with their projects!
The College Summer Institute in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is a collaborative initiative supported by the Humanities and Social Sciences Collegiate Divisions, The Franke Institute for the Humanities, and The College Center for Research and Fellowships.