2018 Academic Festival Program

5 condensed form of their final client deliverables including their strategic recommendations and supporting research. 5. Spain and Latin America: Literature and Religion Palamountain 300 Faculty Sponsors: Maria Lander, World Languages & Literature Presenters: Harry Risoleo, ‘18, Alison Ungaro, ‘18 This session will showcase the research work on topics related to the Pre-Columbian Art and Golden Age Spanish Theater. Harry Risoleo ‘18: "Calderón and the Chiaroscuro: Light and Dark in Lazarillo de Tormes, El médico de su honra, and El pintor de su deshonra." Alison Ungaro ‘18: "The juxtaposition of the Sun and the Moon in Chimu and Moche Art." 6. “Perspectives on Music, Culture, and Improvisation Bolton 281 Faculty Chair: Gordon Thompson, Music Presenters: Alastair Canavan ‘18, Sayeed Joseph ‘18 Alastair Canavan will give a presentation entitled “An Exploration of the Variation in Sean-Nós Singing” that will address this musical tradition’s history and culture as well as practioners’ characteristic techniques of musical variation. Sayeed Joseph will give a presentation entitled “The King Kunta Era: Blues and Improvisation in Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly ” that deals with the recent work of a major figure in contemporary hip-hop. 7. History: By All Means Tisch 307 Faculty Sponsor: Tillman Nechtman, History Presenters: Sophia Eberhardt ‘19, Hongqiao (Ted) Li ‘18, Isabel Long ‘21, Aidan Walsh ‘19 How do we record and recall our past? Typically, this work is done in printed form. But, at Skidmore, students do history…by all means. This session will feature four different courses. These classes ranged from the medieval to the modern periods, from the South Pacific to the Americas, and students produced final projects using a host of media. This session will highlight these innovative ways of recording and assessing the past.