Mythological Studies

Euripides’s Bacchae: Reexamining the Apollo-Dionysus Dichotomy

DATE: Saturday, August 9, 2008 TIME: 4:30 p.m. PLACE: Studio CANDIDATE: William S. Wood DISSERTATION TITLE: Euripides’s Bacchae: Reexamining the Apollo-Dionysus Dichotomy PROGRAM-TRACK/YEAR: MA/PhD-E; 2006 CHAIR: Dr. Chris Downing ADVISOR: Dr. Sophia Heller EXTERNAL READER: Greg Mogenson, MA Please note: All oral defense attendees must shuttle from the Best Western Hotel in Carpinteria. Program: Mythological Studies

Re-thinking Mythological Interpretation: A Dialectical Reading of Cupid and Psyche

DATE: Sunday, July 27, 2008 TIME: 5:00 p.m. PLACE: Room G; Ladera CANDIDATE: Paul Ryder DISSERTATION TITLE: Re-thinking Mythological Interpretation: A Dialectical Reading of Cupid and Psyche PROGRAM-TRACK/YEAR: MA/PhD-E; 2005 CHAIR: Dr. Christine Downing READER: Dr. Sophia Heller EXTERNAL READER: Greg Mogenson, MA Please note: There is plenty of parking available at the Ladera campus--please do not shuttle there. Program: Mythological Studies

Transgressive Remains: Approaching Philosophy’s Tears by (Not) Thinking Mythos

DATE: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 TIME: 4:00 p.m. PLACE: Lecture Hall CANDIDATE: Anais Nineane Spitzer DISSERTATION TITLE: Transgressive Remains: Approaching Philosophy’s Tears by (Not) Thinking Mythos PROGRAM-TRACK/YEAR: MA/PhD-E; 2004 DISSERTATION COORDINATOR: Dr. Laura Grillo ADVISOR: Dr. Ed Casey EXTERNAL READER: Dr. Richard Kearney Please note: All oral defense attendees must shuttle from the Best Western Hotel in Carpinteria. Program: Mythological Studies

High Terrain: A Depth Psychological Perspective on Psyche and Mountains

DATE: Thursday, June 5, 2008 TIME: 11:00 a.m. PLACE: Studio CANDIDATE: Margaret Ann McCauley DISSERTATION TITLE: High Terrain: A Depth Psychological Perspective on Psyche and Mountains PROGRAM-TRACK/YEAR: MA/PhD-E; 2000 DISSERTATION COORDINATOR: Dr. Elizabeth Terzian ADVISOR: Dr. Dennis Slattery EXTERNAL READER: Dr. Roger Barnes Please note: All oral defense attendees must shuttle from the Best Western Hotel in Carpinteria. Program: Mythological Studies

Cutting through Self-mutilation: Sublating the Symptom

DATE: Saturday, May 10, 2008 TIME: 12:30 p.m. PLACE: Lecture Hall CANDIDATE: Joshua Anthony Bertetta DISSERTATION TITLE: Cutting through Self-mutilation: Sublating the Symptom PROGRAM-TRACK/YEAR: MA/PhD-G; 2004 CHAIR: Dr. Glen Slater READER: Dr. Elizabeth Nelson EXTERNAL READER: Greg Mogenson, MA Please note: All oral defense attendees must shuttle from the Best Western Hotel in Carpinteria. Program: Mythological Studies