The Best of Cirrus - The Best of Cirrus, 2016

The Best of Cirrus
Exemplary Student Work from the Cirrus Platform

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Welcome to the Best of Cirrus, 2016

Explore some of The University of Queensland's best work by students from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. These works were produced during 2016 using the AustLit interface and the AusArts (now Cirrus) teaching and learning platform.
Master and Margarita, Jana Pacheco Alvarez

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Drama

Australian Female Playwrights : Redefining National Identity, Allison Paxton-Hall (DRAM2050).
Previews Have Their Uses Because a Quiet Night Is Difficult to Achieve During a Military Coup, Gabrielle Lennox (DRAM2050).
The Gay Sublime in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Charlemagne Gardner (DRAM3103).
The Manuscripts of Dorothy Blewett: A Textual Comparison of The First Joanna, Saskia Stegman (ENGL3020).

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Research Methods

Elsey Station: Disparate Experiences, Alex Treacy and Ronald Tam (ENGL3000).
Kate Howarde and 'Why Girls Leave Home' : A Research Project, Jarrah Brumley, Elizabeth Fulton, and Ruby Steinberg (ENGL3000).
Jim Henderson : A Brief History of Communism in Australia, Rachael Hamilton, Aimi Khairunnisa, and Courtney Norton (ENGL3000).

Byzantine Church of Petra (Wikimedia Commons)

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Classics and Ancient History

Saturnalia: How the Romans Give, Jasmin Blyth, Kyla Duffy, Samantha Levick, and Jessica Zelli (Internships in the R.D. Milns Classic Museum).
Exploring the Augustan Interpretation of the Portland Vase, Samantha Levick (Internships in the R.D. Milns Classic Museum).
Roman Verism, Sarah Prince (ANCH2270).
Trajan's Column, James Zacharia (ANCH2270).

Jan Brueghel the Younger, Allegorie der Tulipomani

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Writing

Editorial note: these pieces were completed by students as examples of persuasive professional writing. As such, they sometimes adopt the perspective of public figures.
Race Relations, Claire Dimauro (WRIT2000).
Interpreting Alice, Bronte Anthony (WRIT2000).
Portfolio, Cecelia Redfern (WRIT2000).
A Brave New World, Connor Haddad (WRIT2000).
LGBT Representation in the Arts, Paige McGovern (WRIT2000).
The Art of Persuasion, Caroline McPherson (WRIT2000).

19th-century classroom, Auckland

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Education

Teaching Australian Gothic Theatre through Angela Betzien, Bryce Berrell.

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Visual Arts

Anne Ferran Artist File, Prudence McComish (Curating the Visual Arts, 2015).

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Philosophy

This work is drawn from two courses: UQ's PHIL2013 and UCLA's PHIL109/209.

The Mechanism of the Snow Crystal, Madeleine Shield (PHIL2013).

Robert Fludd: The Mirror of the Whole of Nature and the Image of Art, Benjamin Retschlag (PHIL2013).

Do Animals Experience? Joshua Knights (PHIL2013).

(Meta)Physics from Philosophy, William Sked (PHIL2013).

Some Problems in Descartes' Physics, James Holland (PHIL109/209).

Pseudo Humans, Animals, and Machines: Descartes' View of the Automaton, Brenda Lara (PHIL109/209).

Variations of the Cartesian View of Mind and Representation, Blake Deal (PHIL109/209).

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