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Franciscan Art as Propaganda: The Conventuals and the Chapel of Saint Martin in San Francesco at Assisi
The Chapel of Saint Martin is noteworthy not only because of its subject matter, but also because of the relatively little information known about its commission and patron. This paper will not address all these issues, ... -
Freedom and Moral Responsibility in a Deterministic Universe: Perspectives from Buddhism and Clinical Psychology (thesis)
I will be arguing that the concept of an ultimately free agent who takes final responsibility for his actions and desires is inherently incompatible with the dominant western paradigm of materialism and universal causation. ... -
Freedom and the Necessity of Political Courage (thesis)
Drawing a distinction between ancient and modern freedom, I advocate for a reconstituted and updated ancient conception of freedom, highlighting the important role of political courage within that conception, in order to ... -
Frenemies: Churchill and The Soviet Union
A study of Churchill will uncover a careful balance between realism and liberalism in his views on international relations, and his internal conflict between the two. While he understood the struggle for power, every hope ... -
Friday Evening Session - 1968 Mock Convention (audiorecording)
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Friendship at Any Cost? Russian Influence on Anglo-Germans Relations, 1890-1914 (thesis)
Despite the well-researched and argued debates that continue to rage regarding the nature of Anglo-German relations, further research into several lingering questions is required. The question of the degree to which Grey ... -
From Apartheid to Democracy: A Study of Religion and the Law in a Changing South Africa
This paper seeks to examine how religion and religious freedom will fare in the new democratic South Africa. This is not an easy task, for the democracy is young and religious freedom is not a burning issues at the present ... -
From Ashes Reborn: The Fascist Repression of Female Prisoners in Francoist Spain and Nazi Germany (thesis)
First, the central question that this paper examines is whether the Francoist regime in Spain can be considered a fascist regime as opposed to an authoritarian one. While Franco's dictatorship was undeniably brutal and ... -
From Brown to Green: School Desegregation in Roanoke, Virginia (thesis)
This thesis examines the trajectory of desegregation between 1952 and 1970. The first chapter looks at the early years: the establishment of black schools in the city from the late nineteenth century through the years ... -
From Brown to Rodriguez: Race, Residence, and the Limits of "Equal Protection," 1954-1973 (thesis)
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Rodriguez did not acknowledge wealth as a suspect class, decided education was not a fundamental right, and chose not to consider the issue of race. By reversing the decision of the ... -
From Gangbuster to War Crimes Prosecutor: Joseph Berry Keenan and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, 1946-48
Of the many efforts to reform Japan, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East has been praised as "one of the bes t examples of international cooperation displayed during the occupation of Japan." [2] The New ... -
From Lexington to the Luxembourg Gardens: An Artist Rediscovered (thesis)
"Modern," as it applies to art, is a convenient catch-all term but hardly descriptive of anyone trend or style. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, innumerable painters, sculptors, and decorative artists emerged ...