2018 Academic Festival Program

15 Sophie Heath ‘18, “Dealing with Monstrosity: Receptions of Ovid's Metamorphoses ” Sarah Smith ‘20, “Spartan and Athenian Women” 4. Physics in molecules, the ocean, the universe, and the classroom 2 nd Floor Dana Atrium Faculty Sponsor: Greg Gerbi, Physics Presenters: Dante Tobar, ‘18, Martin Bedulskij, ‘18, Joshua Hannan, ‘18, Ryan Hall ‘18, Raleigh Russell ‘18, Thomas Cane ‘19, Wilbert Chan ‘18, Anna Raisner ‘18, Jillian Thornton ‘18 5. “This Place”: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on an Exhibition Somers Room, Tang Teaching Museum Faculty Sponsor: Mimi Hellman, Art History & Project Director, “Teaching and Learning with Museum Exhibitions: An Inter-Institutional Approach” Sponsoring Department: Tang Teaching Museum & The Teagle Foundation Students from courses in Anthropology, Dance, English, Environmental Studies and Sciences, History, and International Affairs share projects based on a Tang exhibition of photography by artists working in Israel and the West Bank. Through varied modes of study and expression, the students engage complex questions about place, identity, conflict, community, and the potential of museum-based learning. 1:30 – 2:50 PM: SESSION 3 1. Designing Students: Letting the Students Take Over Ladd 207 Faculty Sponsors: Michael Arnush & Dan Curley, Classics Presenters: Maisie Bernstein ‘21, Shelby Fairchild ‘21, Hannah Gross ‘21, Emily Schwartz ‘20, Nora Barry ‘19, Zoe Ousouljoglou ‘20, Erika Petersen ‘19 Classics students share their design of an original Greek tragedy, and on the crafting of an IdeaLab, role-playing History course: Maisie Bernstein ‘21, Shelby Fairchild ‘21, Hannah Gross ‘21 and Emily Schwartz ‘20, “Opening Pandora’s Box: Ancient Women, Modern Tragedy” Nora Barry ‘19, Zoe Ousouljoglou ‘20, and Erika Petersen ‘19, “ Pothos : Alexander the Great and ‘World’ Conquest”