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Title: Allusion to Homer in the Mosaic of Odysseus and the Sirens from Dougga
Description: In this paper, I compare the mosaic in Dougga that depicts the section in The Odyssey decribing Odysseus’ encounter with the sirens to other instances of this scene type and other marine-themed mosaics in North Africa.
Date Created: 2015
PID: grinnell:31898

Title: Amorous Complaint in A Simple Story: A Manipulation and Rejection of Traditional Gender Roles
Description: This essay looks at the the effect of perspective and identity in writing, particularly as it relates to issues of gender and sexuality.
Date Created: 2014
PID: grinnell:31901

Title: Are We Approaching the End of the Arms Control Era?
Description: Announcement of a talk by Greg Thielmann, a former intelligence analyst at the U.S. Department of State, on the era of arms control.
Date Created: 2019
PID: grinnell:27787

Title: Biopolitics and the Experience of the Cambodian Genocide
Description: This essay discusses the Cambodian Genocide in relation to international and legal definitions of Genocide and the philosophical, political and humanitarian implications of those definitions.
Date Created: 2014
PID: grinnell:31904

Title: Buddhism, Homosexuality, and Non-binary Genders in Thailand
Description: This paper looks at the truth behind the claim that Thailand is known for welcoming and tolerant attitudes towards the LGBT community
Date Created: 2015
PID: grinnell:30066

Title: Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.
Description: Announcement of a community reading of King's Letter from Birmingham City Jail.
Date Created: 2019
PID: grinnell:27795

Title: Chicago and North Western Train Wreck, April 23, 1908, De Witt, Iowa, Silver Creek
Description: View of the wrecked train. On April 23, 1908, southwest of DeWitt, Iowa, at Silver Creek, flooding weakened a bridge and gave way to stock train 132 where an engine and 17 cars of cattle fell into the water. Three crewmen perished in the wreck.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:16950

Title: Cultivate the Karass Workshop
Description: Announcement of a workshop by Lori Brewer Collins, founder and president of CtK (Cultivate the Karass), on fostering nonpartisan collaborative engagement.
Date Created: 2018
PID: grinnell:27782

Title: Dis/Unity and Difference
Description: Invitation to a celebration of the Center for the Humanities' Plan for the Future.
Date Created: 2019
PID: grinnell:27798

Title: Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes Among Racial Minority Women in the United States, Dis/Unity and Difference (Center for the Humanities theme for 2018-2019), Reckoning: A Roundtable Discussion
Description: Announcement of two events with Karen Tabb Dina, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Illinois: a talk on birth outcomes and mental health among multiracial women and a discussion of race, gender, and public health in the setting of a John Wilson exhibition in Faulconer Gallery.
Date Created: 2019
PID: grinnell:27799