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Robert M. Sarwark

Scholarship

 Independent scholarly work:

FORTHCOMING/IN PROGRESS: Big Dragon Energy: The Origin and Evolutions of the World's Most Enduring Mythological Creature, from Ancient Lore to Modern Pop Culture. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2022. Print and eBook. 

“The Water Protectors: Native American Nationalism, Environmentalism, and the Flags of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests of 2016-2017.” Vexillum (Quarterly of the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA)), No. 2, June 2018. Print and online.

“The Greatest of All Serpents: Origins and Evolutions of the Dragon in Medieval Lore and Manuscripts.” Annual Conference of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA), 29 March 2018, Indianapolis, IN. Presentation (PowerPoint file available upon request).


Graduate-level courses completed (with links to selected works):

MS (Master of Science), Library and Information Science, University of Illinois (2014-2016)
Certificate in Special Collections
  • LIS501: Information Organization and Access
  • LIS549: Economics of Information
    • Paper: "With a Little Help from Your Friends? Wikipedia, Web 2.0 & the New e-Conomy of Information"
  • LIS585: International Librarianship
    • Paper: "At Home, Abroad: A Comparative Analysis of International Cultural Promotion Organizations"
  • LIS502: Libraries, Information & Society
  • LIS504: Reference and Information Services
  • LIS567: Academic Librarianship
  • LIS580: Rare Book & Special Collections
  • LIS591: Practicum: Metadata & Cataloging, The Button Museum, Chicago, IL
  • LIS518: Community Informatics
    • Wiki: West Urbana Co-ops
  • LIS581: Administration & Use of Archival Materials
  • LIS590FRL: Intellectual Freedom & Censorship
  • LIS586: Digital Preservation
  • LIS590MM: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts


AM (Master of Arts), Portuguese & Brazilian Studies, Brown University (2012-2013)
  • AFRI/POBS1210: Afro-Brazilians & the Brazilian Polity (English)
  • POBS1030: Portuguese Stylistics: Advanced Language Study/Creative Writing (Portuguese)
  • POBS2020D: Theories in First & Second Language Acquisition (English)
  • POBS2600A: Medieval & Renaissance Portuguese Literature (Portuguese)
    • Paper: "Deus e os deuses: O uso da mitologia cristã e pagã n’Os Lusíadas" ["God and the Gods: The Use of Christian and Pagan Mythology in The Lusiads"]
  • AFRI/POBS1020C: The Afro-Luso-Brazilian Triangle (English)
  • POBS1501A: Deconstructing Portuguese Colonialism in Literature (Portuguese)
  • POBS1800E: The Brazilian Puzzle: Confronting the Post-Colonial Legacy (Portuguese)
    • Paper: "Um brasileiro (perdido) em terras (meias) portuguesas: Como as ideias e escritas inovadoras de Gilberto Freyre foram mal adaptadas no império português ultramarino em meados do século XX" ["A (Lost) Brazilian in (Partially) Portuguese Lands: How the Innovative Ideas and Writings of Gilberto Freyre Were Poorly Adapted in the Overseas Portuguese Empire of the Mid-Twentieth Century"]
  • POBS2980: Reading & Guided Study
    • Capstone project: "Little White Colona: A Memoir: An Analysis and English-language Translation of Isabela Figueiredo's Caderno de Memórias Coloniais (2010)"
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