Paideia

Paideia ( pi day a), from the classical Greek education of liberal learning, which was
believed to develop the intellectual, moral and aesthetic capacities, is Christopher Newport University's annual conference dedicated to fostering undergraduate and graduate research in liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Paideia 2007 - MCLL Panels (April 21, Ratcliff Hall)

[full Paideia schedule]

In 2007, MCLL, in addition to several papers in English, has sponsored two panels with papers read in Spanish.

I.    9:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. - Room G (RATC 100), Jana Adamitis presiding
1. Brian Talbert, Jana Adamitis, "Self-Sacrifice in Ajax and Hecuba"
2. Juliette Miller, Jana Adamitis, "Medea the Homeric Hero"
3. Thomas Barton, Jana Adamitis, "To Be or Not To Be: Suicide and Heroism in Sophocles' Ajax"

4. Alexander Bornstein, Jana Adamitis, "Bacchae: Community and The Law of Balance"
5. Ann Gowen, Jana Adamitis, "Alexander the Great Communicator"

From left to right: Brian Talbert, Juliette Miller, Thomas Barton, Alexander Bornstein, Ann Gowen
    

Room H (RATC 105), Georgeta Georgescu presiding
1. Ashleigh Howard, Georgeta Georgescu, "Real Women Have Ceased to Exist. A Feminist Interpretation of Delphine Gay de Girardin's 1840 Exploration of the Status of Women in French Society"   
2.  Francesca Scrosia, Georgeta Georgescu, "Love and Betrayal in the Lays of Marie de France"
3. Lauren Strack, Georgeta Georgescu, "Psychological Novel or Soap Opera. Modernity of the Themes of The Princess of Clèves by Madame de La Fayette"
    

II.     11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. - Room D (RATC 112), Laura Deiulio presiding
1. Alexandria Ruble, Laura Deiulio, "The Printing Press"   
2. Jeffrey Mason, Laura Deiulio, "Martin Luther's Theology"
3. Nicole Justice, Laura Deiulio, "Foe to Friendship: The Renaissance of Misogyny in The Malleus Maleficarum"
4. Christina Willett, Laura Deiulio, "Using the Past in the Present-Day German Classroom"

From left to right: Nicole Justice, Alexandria Ruble, Jeffrey Mason, Dr. Laura Deiulio

Room H (RATC 105), Beatriz Calvo-Peña presiding  (All papers to be read in Spanish)
1. Frannie Falcon, Beatriz Calvo-Peña, "Las mujeres de origen africano en el Caribe" (Women of African Origin in the Caribbean) 
2.  Michelle Walker, Beatriz Calvo-Peña, "La mulata cubana: el sabor del Caribe" (The Cuban Mulata: The Flavor of the Caribbean)
3.  Suzanne Reuter, Beatriz Calvo-Peña, "Contrapunto de la mulatez: Cirilo Villaverde y Fernando Ortiz" (Counterpoint of Mulatez: Cirilo Villaverde and Fernando Ortiz)
4. Susan Watkins, Benjamin Fraser, "Los bohemios en el romanticismo español decimononico y la pelicula Rent" (The Bohemian Life in Nineteenth Century Spanish Romanticism and the Film Rent)
5. Angela Rey, Beatriz Calvo-Peña, "Transculturación: el mestizaje de la cultura cubana" (Transculturation: The Miscegenation of Cuban Culture)
   

III.    2:00 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. - Room F (RATC 117), Beatriz Calvo-Peña presiding  (All papers to be read in Spanish )
1. Adam Hembree, Beatriz Calvo-Peña, "Implicaciones sociales del color de piel en el Caribe" (The Social Implications of Skin Color in Carribean Literature)
2.  Rose Glass, Beatriz Calvo-Peña, "Género e identidad cubana en Los reyes del mambo tocan canciones de amor" (Gender and Cuban  Identity in  Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love)
3. Hunter Barlow, Beatriz Calvo-Peña, "La expansión del reggaetón puertorriqueño y su impacto en la música estadounidense" (The Rise of Puerto Rico's Reggaeton and the Impact on Music in the U.S.)   
4. Lourdes C. McMillan, Beatriz Calvo-Peña, "Piratas del Caribe: Entre realidad y ficción" (The Pirates of the Caribbean: Between Reality and Fiction)
5. Benjamin Cook, Beatriz Calvo-Peña, "Béisbol: La danza de unificación cultural en el Caribe" (Baseball: The Dance of Cultural Unification in the Caribbean)

From left to right: Rose Glass, Adam Hembree, Angela Rey, Benjamin Cook, Michelle Walker,
Dr. Beatriz Calvo Pena,  Enrique Ferrer (writer), Suzanne Reuter, Hunter Barlow,
Lourdes McMillan, Dr. Danielle Velardi