History and American Studies Symposium
University of Mary Washington — Department of History and American Studies
Friday, December 3, 2021. All sessions will be held in Monroe Hall.
Seating will be limited and all audience members will be required to wear face masks for the event in keeping with campus safety policies.
SESSION ONE. 9 AM. Monroe 210 – Early Modern Perspectives: The Grim Sultan, 16th c. Kitchens, and Gift Giving at the Queen’s Court
Moderator: Professor Allyson Poska
Jarod Markle. “Yavuz Selim: Rise of the Grim Sultan”
Nancy Couturier. “Sixteenth Century Kitchens and Dining at Topkapı Palace and Hampton Court Palace: A Comparison”
Shannon Kehoe. “Gift Giving at the Court of Elizabeth I”
SESSION TWO. 9 AM. Monroe 111 – Education: Then and Now
Moderator: Professor Erin Devlin
Morgan Gilbert. “The Pupil Placement Board Records and Desegregation of Chesterfield County Public Schools”
Haylie Stevenson. “The Best Practices to Effectively Teach African American History in Virginia Public Schools with the Standards of Learning”
SESSION THREE. 9 AM. Monroe 110 – Giving the Middle Kingdom the Middle Finger?: ‘New Women’s’ Memoirs and Activist Blogs in China
Moderator: Professor Bruce O’Brien
Erica Banks. “New Women in 20th Century China”
Chris O’Neill. “Seeking Justice in Ai Weiwei’s Citizen Investigation”
SESSION FOUR. 10 AM. Monroe 210 – Civil Rights
Moderator: Professor Claudine Ferrell
Ashleigh Eileen Liang Foster. “The Fearsome Power of Love: Interracial Love as a Weapon Against White Supremacy”
Samuel Hartz. “’Under Color of Law’: Housing Segregation and Perpetual Poverty in Norfolk’s St. Paul’s Quadrant”
Sophia Hobbs. “Gum Springs, Then and Now: The Fight for a Hidden Treasure in Fairfax County”
SESSION FIVE. 10 AM. Monroe 111 – Witch Trials and Inoculation Controversies
Moderator: Professor Jason Sellers
Allison Love. “Diabolical Witches and Wizards: How the Devil Reinforced the Patriarchy in the Salem Witch Trials”
Emma Whitaker. “The 1721 Boston Inoculation Controversy”
SESSION SIX. 11 am. Monroe 210 – Selected Papers in U.S. History
Moderator: Professor Will Mackintosh
Hunter Dykhuis. “Perspectives on the Battle of Hampton Roads”
Janis Shurtleff. “A Sign of the Times: An Analysis of the Creation and Significance of the 1946 Film The Best Years of Our Lives”
Ashley Dimino. “History, Culture, and the Contributions of Animated Film with an Exploration of Indigenous Cultures Represented in Disney Animated Films”
SESSION SEVEN. 11 am. Monroe 111 – Cultural History and Global Perspectives
Moderator: Professor Nabil Al-Tikriti
Sydney Morrison. “Making Russian Music: Uncovering Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Musical Ideas through His Letters”
Patrick Mackay. “Blokadniki Experiences and American Media Coverage on the Siege of Leningrad”
Antonio DeGeorge. “International Perspectives on the Soviet War in Afghanistan”
