Our History and American Studies Symposium will be held this Friday, 12/9, with sessions from 9 am to 2 pm. For an updated schedule of presentations see this previous post (minor adjustments have been made since its first appearance.) As always, refreshments will be served and we look forward to seeing you there!
December, 2011:
Fall 2011 Symposium Schedule Now Available
Our schedule for the History and American Studies Symposium is now available. Students will share their research completed for senior thesis this past fall semester. The event consists of panels held from 9 am – 3 pm on Friday, December 9th. See below for the full schedule. Refreshments will be served.
History and American Studies Symposium
Fall 2011
University of Mary Washington – Department of History and American Studies
Locations: Monroe Hall, Rooms 210, 211, 111
December 9, 2011
SESSION ONE. 9 AM. Topics in United States History
Room 210
Moderator: Dr. Will Mackintosh
“Religious and Environmental Tools of Agency: Western Women and the Underground Railroad” – Rachel Luehrs
“The 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair: Typical American Families Build Tomorrow” – Debbi Shepard
“The Atomic Age, 1945-1960: Transformation from Euphoria to Fear in American Culture” – Alex Mankarios
SESSION TWO. 9 AM. Histories of Race and Gender in American Mass Media
Room 211
Moderator: Dr. Nabil Al-Tikriti
“Barefoot and Pregnant: The Evolving Gender Roles of American Women Between 1936 and 1972 as Reflected in Advertisements in Life Magazine” – Nicole Steck
“Cultural Representation: The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People’s Protest of The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show” – Michelle Martz
“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Racism: The Presence of Racism in Media Culture in the 1990s” – Eugene Hamrick
SESSION THREE. 9 AM. Selected Papers in Military History
Room 111
Moderator: Dr. Porter Blakemore
American Expeditions intoRussiain the First World War – Charles Patterson
“‘Morale is a Women’s Issue’: The Defining Role of USO Dance Halls on Female Identity in World War II” – Moira Rose Barr
SESSION FOUR. 10 AM. Of the Twilight Zone and American Zombies in a Cold-War Era
Room 210
Moderator: Dr. Krystyn Moon
“’There’s a signpost up ahead’: American Post-War Themes in The Twilight Zone’s Time Travel Narratives” – Erin Bethel
“They’re Coming to Get You,America: The Popularity of Zombie Films and American Paranoia During the Cold War and the War on Terror” – Cameron Carroll
SESSION FIVE. 11 AM. U.S. Cultural History: Of Camel Cigarettes, Tinseltown, and Burnished Bodies
Room 210
Moderator: Dr. Jess Rigelhaupt
“Getting Burned: Camel Cigarette Advertisements, 1945-1964” – Lauren Bennett
HollywoodRemade – Kelly Mirales
“Bodybuilding: Sandow to Schwarzenegger” – Kristopher Stanford
SESSION SIX. 11 AM. China’s Boxer Uprising of 1900: Events and Effects
Room 211
Moderator: Dr. Susan Fernsebner
“Chinaand the West: Christianity and the Complex Relations of Missionaries and Imperial Power” – Ken Rineholt
“When Confucius Met Darwin: Education Reform in the Late Qing Dynasty” – Lee Siegrist
SESSION SEVEN. 1 PM. Heroic Women and Well-Dressed Despots as History and Myth
Room 210
Moderator: Dr. Jason Sellers
“I Am Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. Zunling: The Many Faces of the Empress Dowager in Qing Court Photography” – Caitlin Murphy
“‘A Girl, Too, Can Bring Glory to Her Home’: Mulan Joins the Army and the Intersection of Tradition and Modernity in Republican China” – Alice Wagner
“Naked Cartwheels: The Legacy and Memory of Pocahontas” – Heather Thompson
SESSION EIGHT. 1 PM. Recovery in Europe after the Second World War
Room 211
Moderator: Dr. Allyson Poska
“The Collaborative Relationship of James Rorimer and Rose Valland, and the Recovery of the Neuschwanstein Art Repository Following the Second World War” – Caleigh Ross
“The Joint Distribution Committee: Lending a Helping Hand to Jews in Displaced Persons Camps in Germany, 1945-1957” – Abbey Vinik
SESSION NINE. 1 PM. Topics in U.S. History
Room 111
Moderator: Dr. Matt Johnson
“SmallTown, Big Fight” – Megan Schweers
“A Neighborhood Story:Middle Eastand the Redevelopment of GhettoAmerica” – Jason James
“Is it Time to Upgrade?: The Technological ‘Participation Gap’ and Fairfax County Public Schools” – Dana Cazan
SESSION TEN. 2 PM. Selected Topics: The Ancient and Medieval World
Room 210
Moderator: Dr. Bruce O’Brien
“Hellenistic Women: Expansion of Greek Values and Increased Agency” – Laura Donahue
“Women in Anglo-Saxon Law” – David Noel
“The Peloponnesian War: A History of Failed Politics” – A. J. Lawrence
SESSION ELEVEN. 2 PM. Topics in United States History
Room 211
Moderator: Dr. Steven Harris
“ThePetersburgCampaign: A. P. Hill and the Third Corps Forgotten Battle” – William Timmons
“‘That Costed an Arm and a Leg’: How the Minie Ball Affected the Veterans of the Civil War” – Cassie Peters
Mongol Invasions – Patrick Kramer
