Papers & Presentations

Below are a selection of papers relating to the fields of History, Art History, and Medieval Studies. Those presented at conferences are indicated below.

A LOOK TO DIE FOR: A VALUATION SYSTEM FOR NORSE-ANGLO-SAXON BURIAL ORNAMENT — In this paper I established a valuation system for Norse-Anglo-Saxon burial ornament through a comparison of the artistically similar and contemporaneous Sutton Hoo, Vendel, and Valsgärde ship-burials against an assessment of the Staffordshire Hoard after an examination of the previous historiography on the Sutton Hoo catalogue and theoretical framework of the Christian-non-Christian context. I presented this paper at SECAC 2019 at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. 

THE EMERALD ISLE & WATERS DEEP: VIKING DUBLIN’S URBAN INTERSECTION OF HINTERLAND AND SEA — This paper examines Dublin’s reestablishment in 917 AD and its flourishing for the next several centuries under Viking rule and determines that it is clear that the urban plan of the city was based upon the Vikings’ previous understanding of the Irish hinterland surrounding Dublin as well as the specific needs that harboring ships brought to a town. The orientation of Dublin towards its maritime pursuits can only be viewed with its domination of the terrestrial territory around it. Dublin organized itself as the perfect mesh between gathering the resources of the land to support the great cost of exploring the sea.

HOME IS WHERE THE HEARTH IS: DOMESTIC & PALATIAL ARCHITECTURE IN AZTEC CALIXTLAHUACA — Within Aztec-era Calixtlahuaca, Mexico, I examined both domestic and palatial architecture and the building technique of reduplication as a contrast of the city-state’s vassalage to the architecturally and politically monumental Tenochtitlán.