2010 - Jefferson Scholars Foundation

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York City poetic avant-garde and
a fixture in the Arensberg Circle,
in Loy’s largely autobiographical
long-poem “Anglo-Mongrels
and the Rose” (1923-1925). In
particular, these new analyses
cast Fountain as a study in liminality
due to the piece’s ability to
reveal the murky interstices that
lurk at the edges of distinct artistic,
cultural, and social spheres.
Taking up Fountain’s torch, in
“Anglo-Mongrels and the Rose,”
Loy also uses human excreta in
order to champion a mongrelized
voice constituted of physical,
material, and ideological defecathe
eighth annual jefferson fellows symposium
Held Friday, February 19, 2010, at the Rotunda and in various Pavilions across the Lawn, the
symposium featured ten presentations from current Jefferson Fellows. The symposium’s methodology
is simple: provide an opportunity for Jefferson Fellows to engage with members of the University
community to discuss aspects of their current research. The preparation, and then the presentation
itself, allows the Fellows to hone their research and teaching skills and gain valuable feedback.
william
dirienzo
Stellar Nurseries: Recent
progress and problems in
Star Formation Research
Stars are the most fundamental
astronomical objects. They were
the focus of astronomy long
before humans had any detailed
information about their nature.
One of the first questions we
often ask about a novel object
or phenomenon is “Where
did it come from?” Indeed, astronomers
ponder the origin
of anything they see through
a telescope; however, despite
all our years of observational
and theoretical work, many of
the fine but important aspects
of star formation are not fully
understood. In particular, the
mechanism by which massive
stars form is difficult to describe
in detail. I will begin with a
review of our current body of
knowledge along with what
we think we know about star
formation. Then I will proceed
to outline the unresolved issues
and current research designed to
address these points, including
my own search for examples of
triggered star formation within
the Milky Way.
upon Marcel Duchamp’s contemporaries
and the generations
that followed, attempts to situate
this scatological readymade
within the context of the literary
arts have left scholars responding
largely as they claim poets
did when confronted with the
piece: scratching their heads. Yet
recent scholarship that recuperates
Fountain’s homoerotic and
racial overtones by focusing upon
contemporary fears of queer
activity in public toilets suggests
the debate Fountain sparked
proved pivotal for Mina Loy, a
prominent member of the New
laura
goldblatt
An Abjective Art: The
Interstitial Aesthetic
of marcel Duchamp’s
“Fountain” and mina Loy’s
“Anglo-mongrels and the
Rose”
Despite prolific critical examinations
of Fountain’s influence
Laura Goldblatt, the John F. Lillard Fellow (English), discusses the Language of
Cultural Abjection.
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