History Symposium
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Spring 2010
University of Mary Washington – Department of History and American Studies
April 23, 2010
Great Hall – Red Room, Meeting Rooms 1 and 2
SESSION ONE. 8 AM. Rm. 1 – Power, Personality, and the Battles of an Earlier Day
Moderator – Dr. Carter Hudgins
Alexander the Great: The Ambitions for his Empire – Aislyn Cathers
The Battle of Thermopylae Pass: The Cultural Clash between Greece and the Persian Empire -
Tina Pettus
Queen Emma: Sources of Power in Anglo-Saxon England – Sarah Williams
SESSION TWO. 9 AM. Red Room – Gendered Subjectivities: Poetry, Piracy, and Personal Narratives
Moderator: Dr. Allyson Poska
The Venetian Courtesan in Sixteenth-Century Venice: Poetic Eroticism and the Philosophy of Love – Ashley Still
Anne Bonny and Mary Read: Piracy as a Means of Creating Personal Gender Roles in a Male Dominated World – Jacqueline Marshall
Unpackaging her Stalinist Soul: Gender and Subjectivity in Women’s Personal Narratives from the Early Stalin Era – Shama Ahmed
SESSION THREE. 9 AM. Rm. 1 – Snipers, Bombers, and Amphibious Warfare: Military Histories of the 20th Century
Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey McClurken
The Evolution of Sniper Warfare through World War II and Vietnam – Brian Brown
B-17: A Chronological Account of the Bomber’s Modifications – Dan Seymour
The Need for a Mission: The U.S. Marines and Amphibious Warfare – Ronald Pettigrew
SESSION FOUR. 9 AM. Rm. 2 – Civil Rights in United States History
Moderator: Dr. Susan Fernsebner
“It’s not the bus, it’s us”: A Comparative Analysis of the Busing Crisis in Boston, Massachusetts and Louisville, Kentucky – Courtney Chapman
Oppression and Resilience: Gay American History from World War II to 1960 – John Lavinus
Civil Rights Activism through Education: Dr. James Farmer Jr.’s Career at Mary Washington College – Justin Mattos
SESSION FIVE. 10 AM. Red Room – Culture, Power, and Electric Kool-Aid
Moderator: Dr. Bruce O’Brien
The Showbiz of Schmatta: An Analysis of Pins and Needles as a Political Musical in Theatre and Unions – Jackie Reed
Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey: A Look into the Culture-Altering Minds of the Two Most Prominent LSD Gurus of the Sixties – Megan Keller
SESSION SIX. 10 AM. Rm. 1 – Media as History
Moderator: Dr. Claudine Ferrell
The Magic of Monarchs: Examining the Media and Public Reaction to the Kansas City Monarchs during their Historical 1923 Season – Zachary Kelly
The French Reaction to Terrorism during the Battle of Algiers: A Comparative Analysis of French Media and Opinion Polls in Determining the Impact of Terrorism on French Support for the Algerian Conflict – Shion Chang
Nixon’s Historic Journey to China: A Complex Relationship between Political Policy, Media, and Public Opinion – Grace Jamison
SESSION SEVEN. 10 AM. Rm. 2 – Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in U.S. History: Selected Papers
Moderator: Dr. Nabil Al-Tikriti
Gone with the Wind in History and Memory – Emma Peck
Race and Ethnicity in American Elementary Schools – Sean Brock
Malcolm X – Brian Deal
SESSION EIGHT. 11 AM. Red Room – Trans-American Negotiations: Past and Present
Moderator: Dr. Krystyn Moon
Jesuits and Iroquois: The Degree of Female Acculturation to Catholicism in the Saint Lawrence River Valley in the Seventeenth Century – Kirsten Walleck
Indian Adaptation to Spanish Legal, Social, and Religious Institutions in Colonial Culhuacan – Kimberly Spindler
An Analysis of the Economic and Social Consequences of Resolution 07-609 on Citizens of Prince William County – Erin Sanderson
SESSION NINE. 11 AM. Rm. 1 – Political Crises, Political Histories
Moderator: Dr. Susan Fernsebner
Operation AJAX: Cold War Triumph – Diplomatic Failure – Brian Miller
Conflicts of Interest: Mohammad Reza Shah’s Monarchial Democracy vs. the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s Revolutionary Ideologies and the 1979 Iranian Revolution – Joseph Cirenza
Party Polarization and Military Repression: An Examination of China’s Leadership Leading up the Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 – Laurence LeSueur
SESSION 10. 11 AM. Rm. 2 – Selected Papers: Appalachia, Kenmore Renovations, and Muscle Cars
Moderator: Dr. Porter Blakemore
Views of Appalachia – Jenny Enzell
Renovations at Kenmore – Julie Robert
Masculinity as Embodied by the Muscle Car of the 1950s and 1960s – Joshua Villenevue
SESSION 11. 1 PM. Red Room – Exploration, Assimilation, and Genocide
Moderator: Dr. Allyson Poska
From Suleyman to Sido Ali Reis: The Ottoman’s Expeditions into the Indian Ocean and What Led to their Retreat – Matthew Lawrey
Policing the Sioux Body, 1860s-1920s: Regulation of Body Modification for the Purpose of Assimilation and its Ultimate Failure – Elyse Lawrence
The Armenian Genocide: Ideals and Propaganda – Rachel Bowen
SESSION 12. 1 PM. Rm. 1 – Individuals in History
Moderator: Dr. Bruce O’Brien
The American Image of Mary Washington – Lindsey Hobbs
Patrick Henry: Opponent of the Constitution – Christopher Herbert
Albert R. Parsons: Transition to Anarchy – Mike Ballard
SESSION 13. 1 PM. Rm. 2 – War Stories: Northern Neck and Kettle Run
Moderator: Dr. William Crawley
Civil War in Northern Neck – Nate Delano
The Battle of Kettle Run: Prelude to Confederate Victory at Second Manassas – James Greevy
SESSION 14. 2 PM. Red Room – Histories of Cultural Production: Photography, Cinema, and Discourses of Chinese Youth
Moderator: Dr. Steven Harris
Edward S. Curtis and the Stereotypes of Native Americans as Seen in his Photographs – Katherine Stinson
Joseph Goebbels and German Cinema: The Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda’s Use of German Film Production, 1933-1945 – Andrew Luton
Maoist Visions of Chinese Youth: Political Tools of Modernity – Nick Scott
SESSION 15. 2 PM. Rm. 1 – Selected Papers: Education, Jewish Settlement, and the Courts of Cambodia
Moderator: Dr. Nabil Al-Tikriti
The Founding of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary: Mary Lyon and Christian Values – Christine Leckner
Jewish Settlement in Palestine – Adam Schlossman
Victims Participation in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC): A Look at the Revolutionary Process – Farrah Tek
SESSION 16. 2 PM. Rm. 2 – Selected Papers
Dr. Claudine Ferrell
The Nye Committee: The Debate over Nationalizing the Munitions Industry – Zane Hayward
Sir William Wallace: Scotland’s 700-Year Old National Hero and his Changing Modern Images – Maggie Wroe
Vlad the Impaler: The Historical Dracula – Kellie Mullarkey
SESSION 17. 3 PM. Red Room – Digital History
Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey McClurken
Civil War Fredericksburg: City of Hospitals – Katelyn Lease, Lauren Milner, Megan McMillan, Taylor Brann
James Monroe’s Letters as Minister of France – Chris Wright, Lexy deGraffenreid, MacKenzie Murphy, Seth Mintzer
Mary Ball Washington: The Woman and Legacy – Caitlin Donnelly, Jenn Arndt, Kari Wilson, Stephanie Lefferts
Identifying Images of MWC/UMW – Mary Ann Mackey, Jonathan Wigginton, Caryn Levine, Megan Whiteaker
