The annual Christ College Student Scholarship Symposium features analytical, critical, creative, and research projects by current Christ College students. Papers in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and the arts are selected by a committee of Christ College students from anonymous abstracts. Authors present their papers and respond to questions from the audience. Recent presentations include:
"A Modern Myth: The Story Behind Columbus and the Flat Earth" by Senior Steven Molnar, geography and music performance major, spring 2009
"Insight from the Ancients: The New Monasticism and its Challenge to the Contemporary American Church" by Junior James Strasburg, history major, spring 2009
"Which Life Would You Choose?" A Pithy Treatise on the Love of Wisdom in Plato's Republic by senior Kevin Clemens, philosophy major, spring 2008
Windstruck: A View of Chicago from the Sidewalks excerpts from creative work by sophomore Lilia Oakey, creative writing major, spring 2008
A Platform of Reconciliation: The Truth Commission as a Means of Making Things Right in Societies in Transition by senior Hannah Cartwright, Middle Eastern perspectives major, fall 2007
In Pursuit of Truth: Searching for Significance in the Lives of Investigative Reporters by senior Joshua Weinhold, communication major, fall 2007
Angels in the Home: Nineteenth-Century Women's Agency in Social Reform by senior Jennifer Plaskota, English major, spring 2007
Repentance, Tradition, and Hospitality: Montaigne's Apology as Preparation for the Gospel by senior Isaac Schoepp, theatre major, spring 2007
Disrupted Disputation: An Analysis of the Lack of Constructive Communication in the Visual Culture of Chick Tracts by senior Philip Forness, classics major, fall 2006
Recollection and Consciousness of Sin in the Pseudonymous Writings:Toward a Kierkegaardian Soteriology by senior Katie Benjamin, English major, fall 2006
Free-Market Morality: Jean-Paul Sartre and the Economics of Existentialism by junior Daniel Jarratt, communication major, spring 2006
Islamic Republics and Historical Hiccups: Iran's Struggle with Secularism and Islam 1500-1979 by junior Jeremiah Dost, history major, spring 2006
Read the abstracts of papers presented in: 2009, 2008, 2007.
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