Magic and the Supernatural in the Ancient World

Student Term Papers

Topics for student papers from this course are listed below. Links are provided to student papers that are online. The authors of these papers retain copyright to them.

  • Julie Alvarez ( jalvare@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "Ancient Daemonology and the Question of Evil"

  • Jeremy Bufford( jbuffor@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "Attitudes Towards Magic and Supernatural Healing in Ancient Greece and Rome"

  • Kelly Donaghy ( kdonagh@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "The Changing of Medea and How It Relates to Ancient Views of Witchcraft"

  • Kristina Elenidis ( kelenid@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "Necromancy and Voodoo"

  • Krista Ernewein ( kernewe@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "Women Herbalists in Greece"

  • Alex Gleason ( agleason@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "Supernatural Healing in Antiquity"

  • Sirida Graham ( sgraham1@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    Necromancy

  • Diana Hollenbeck ( dhollen@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "The Religious Policies of Augustus and Tiberius Caesar"

  • Sheeja Kanacheril ( skanach@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "The Place of the Soul in Theurgy"

  • Melissa Klotz ( mklotz@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "The Mythological vs. the Historical Magician"

  • Robin McEvoy ( rmcevo@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "Divination and Politics in Antiquity"

  • Eric Moore ( emoore@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "The Oracle at Siwa: Cult and Ritual"

  • Louise Mullins ( lmullin@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "The People on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Oracles"

  • Sharon O'Regan ( sorega@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "Divination in the Roman Empire"

  • Megan Ostrander ( mostran@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "The Comparative Appearance and Facility of Magic andSupernatural Elements in The Trachinae of Sophocles and Hercules Oetaeus of Seneca"

  • Alicia Romano ( aromano@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "Meden Agan: The True Function of the Delphic Oracle in Ancient Greece"

  • Rhonda Rowland ( rrowlan@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "Christianity, Mystery Cults, and Magic"

  • Chris Roy ( roy@eecs.tulane.edu):

    "Perceptions of Vampires Through the Ages"

  • Summer Townsend (stownse@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "The Image of Hekate in Early Greek Antiquity"

  • Joseph Warner ( jwarner@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu):

    "Eros as Chaos: Dispelling the Feminine"