Come and see your fellow History majors present the results of their senior thesis research!
All are welcome to attend! Refreshments will be served for the morning sessions.
UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND AMERICAN STUDIES
HISTORY SYMPOSIUM
SPRING 2009
24 April 2009
SESSION ONE. 9:00 Monroe 201
Military Strategies, Tactical Maneuvers, and Officer Training
Moderator: Professor Al-Tikriti
Andrew Bohn
The Fall of Constantinople: 1453
Christine Cooper
How the Selfish Attitude of Red Army Officers Combined with the Lack of Training in the 1930s Led to the Failure of the Red Army Officer Corps in World War II
Michael Toeller
The Military and Diplomatic Engagements of Frederick the Great during the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763)
SESSION TWO. 9:00 Monroe 202
Great Leaders and Moral Visions
Moderator: Professor Moore
Andrew Borek
Influences on Theodore Roosevelt’s Natural Conservation Initiatives
John Eskeland
The Influence of Tomas Masaryk’s Religious Thought on the Formation and Policy of Czechoslovakia During the First Republic
Rebecca Graham
The Church in Salvadoran Society: Examining the Pastoral Work of Archbishop Oscar Romero
SESSION THREE. 10:00 Monroe 201
Constructing Gender Roles in American History
Moderator: Professor Hudgins
Allison Luthern
William Byrd II’s Women
Emily Snyder
Patriotic Feminism and the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1890-1920
Juliann Boyles
Happily Ever After? Disneyfication: Reinventing the Fairy Tale for America
SESSION FOUR. 10:00 Monroe 202
In the Wake of World Wars: Memory and Transatlantic Marriages
Moderator: Professor Blakemore
Kathleen Kilmain
Liberating Horrors: The Legacy of British Great War Poets
Cecilia McClain
More Than Culture: The Significance of Churches in Post-War Germany
Katie Oliver
British War Brides: Unique amongst Many
SESSION FIVE. 11:00 Monroe 201
Social Roles and Representation of Women in World History
Moderator: Professor Poska
Ashley Hughes
The Portrayal of Women’s Increasing Role in Public on Posters from the Spanish Civil War
Joyce Metzler
Aztec Women of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century in Colonial Mexico
Matt Struth
Women & Gender in Ming Dynasty Tales
SESSION SIX. 11:00 Monroe 202
Fredericksburg and Virginia at the Crossroads at History
Moderator: Professor Hudgins
Sarah Gardner
Fredericksburg’s Free Black Population, 1790-1840: A Case Study in Urban, Free Black Life
Matt Greer
The Common Enemy? The Historiography of the Anglo-Indian Relations in Bacon’s Rebellion
Michelle Mardeusz
Early National Law and Order in Fredericksburg Virginia
SESSION SEVEN. 1:00 Monroe 201
Race and Religion in American History
Moderator: Professor Ferrell
Emily Miller
Newspaper Coverage of early 20th C. Race Riot
Stephen Pierce
The Role of Anti-Catholic Sentiments in the Elections of 1928 and 1960: A Comparative Analysis
Mallory Cruise
Racial Discrimination: The Cause of Housing Segregation on Long Island, New York
SESSION EIGHT. 1:00 Monroe 202
Propaganda and Representations of Social Life in Totalitarian Regimes
Moderator: Professor Fernsebner
Valerie Maniscalco
Leni Riefenstahl and Her Involvement with Nazi Film Propaganda
Amanda Russell
An Examination of the Representations of Chinese Gender Roles in Twentieth-Century Art and Propaganda Under Mao
SESSION NINE. 2:00 Monroe 201
Representing and Consuming Modern Life: Communal Apartments, Cafés, and Comic Books
Moderator: Professor Harris
Tommy DiNuzzo
The Depiction of Communal Housing in Soviet Arts and Literature During the 1920’s
Jack Lady
The Comic Book Senate Hearings of 1954
Sarah Richardson
Consuming Haussmannization: The Café in Nineteenth Century Paris
SESSION TEN. 2:00 Monroe 202
Contesting American Popular Culture
Moderator: Professor Rigelhaupt
Mary Hester
Buttons, Bows, and Buckskin: How Calamity Jane Represents Shifting Gender Roles during 1930s-1950s
Jacob Gibson
Branding Music Forever: Foul Mouth Musicians versus the Crusaders
Amanda Taub
Barbie: From Sex Toy to Controversial All- American Icon
SESSION ELEVEN. 3:00 Monroe 201
Assassinations and Witch Trials: Conspiracy and Memory in American Life
Moderator: Professor McClurken
Dan Bamford
Cotton Mather and the Devil in New England
Sean Marren
Conspiracies Theories and the Assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Jason B. Ward
John Wilkes Booth: The Legacy and Cultural Currency of Lincoln’s Assassin
SESSION TWELVE. 3:00 Monroe 202
From World II to the Cold War: Origins and Representations of Total War
Moderator: Professor Crawley
Ben Black
George F. Kennan and The Origins of the Containment Doctrine
Kerry Lemelin
The Silent War for Peace: The OSS and Its Role in the Ideological Struggle for Germany
Bryan Mull
Desperados and Discontent: An Evaluation of Cold War America through a Semiotic Analysis of Western Films
