天堂鸟先生

The 天堂鸟先生 History Graduate Conference kicks off with a keynote speech by Professor Emeritus Steve Miner (opens in a new window) on April 14 followed by a full day of panelists and speakers from around the nation on April 15.

The History Graduate Student Association (opens in a new window) at 天堂鸟先生 organizes the annual graduate student research conference each spring, attracting participants from history graduate programs around the country. The conference is free and open to the public.

Miner, professor emeritus of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a internationally known scholar on Russian history. The keynote, 鈥淰ladimir Putin and History,鈥� is April 14, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Bentley 233.

The conference is sponsored by the History Department (opens in a new window). Professor and Chair Brian Schoen (opens in a new window) said that he is very pleased that the conference is able to return fully in person this year.

鈥淭he conference showcases our talented graduate students and attracts students from other programs around the country. It allows them important opportunities to network with students from other campuses and to get constructive feedback on their research projects. It is a source of pride for our internationally known M.A. and Ph.D. programs,鈥� Schoen said.

This year attendees will get a very special treat, the opportunity to hear Miner deliver a timely talk that evidences the importance of learning about different cultures and societies, Schoen added.

鈥淪teve Miner is a leading scholar of Russian history and someone who has dazzled undergraduate students with his clear and thoughtful lectures over his three decades at 天堂鸟先生,鈥� Schoen said. 鈥淔ew people are better positioned to situate Russia鈥檚 current dictator into a broader historical context. Those able to attend will not be disappointed.鈥�

Conference panel schedule for Saturday, April 15

Check-in arrival and breakfast is 8 to 9 a.m. in Bentley 233.

Session 1: The Interpretation of Mediums: Reading Between the Lines of Visual Media

9 to 10:30 a.m. in Bentley 009

• Commentator: Katherine Jellison (opens in a new window), 天堂鸟先生, professor of history
• Chair: Sukyoung Hong, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate
• Caleb Fouts, Syracuse University, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淛une 10, 1940: Consensus or Crisis?"
• Paul D. Peters, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淭he 鈥楩ragile Gaze鈥� in 2010s Hollywood War Films鈥�
• Ethan Tackett, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淰isions of the Things to Be: M*A*S*H鈥檚 Cultural Impact鈥�

Session 2: A European Evolution: Understanding Europe鈥檚 Modern Controversaries

9 to 10:30 a.m. in Bentley 025

• Commentator: Miriam Shadis (opens in a new window), 天堂鸟先生, associate professor of history
• Chair: Shawn Liming, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate
• Miranda Beaujon, Kent State University, M.A. candidate: 鈥淧retty Witty Nell: Performances of Gender and Sexuality on the English Restoration Stage, 1660-1710鈥�
• Harrison Fender, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate 鈥淏eyond the Line of Battle: British Naval Operations In Europe鈥檚 Coastal Waters, 1914-1918鈥�
• Sophie Ospital, University of Cincinnati, M.A. candidate: 鈥淔ree Germany: Anti-Fascist German Exiles and Mexican Nationalism, 1941-1946鈥�

Coffee Break: 10:30 to 10:50 a.m. in Bentley 233

Session 3: Globalization Through International Policy: 20th Century Cases in Europe, South America, and Asia

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Bentley 009

• Commentator: David Curp (opens in a new window), 天堂鸟先生, associate professor of history
• Chair: Robert Green, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate.
• Peter Roy, 天堂鸟先生, M.A. candidate: 鈥淭he Chanak Crisis: Canada, Britain, and the Future of Imperial Defense鈥�
• Felipe Coimbra Moretti, University of Michigan, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淲ar to Cysts of All Kind, War to the Caldeir茫o (1926-1936): Reading a Brazilian Police Report Against the Grain鈥�
• Zach Tayler, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淗umanitarian Legacy: Patricia M. Derian鈥檚 Involvement in the Indochinese Refugee Crisis鈥�

Session 4: Reinventing Africa鈥檚 Agricultural Landscape

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Bentley 025

• Commentator: Assan Sarr (opens in a new window), 天堂鸟先生, associate professor of history
• Chair: George Ofori Atta, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D candidate
• Omar Sarr, 天堂鸟先生, M.A. candidate: 鈥淚nvestments in Rural Farming Communities: Rice schemes and Ox-Plows in Agricultural Production in The Gambia, c. 1960s-1970s鈥�
• Sana Saidykhan, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥溾€�2 shillings per tail inducement鈥欌€�: Agriculture, Conservation, and late British colonial Rule in the Gambia, West Africa鈥�
• Passmore Chishaka, Kent State University, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淚ndigenous Knowledge Systems and Modern Weather: Farming, Culture, and Landscape along the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe鈥�

Lunch Break: 12:30-1:20 p.m. in Bentley 233

Session 5: Midwest Movements: The Significance of Economic, Religious, and Societal American Policies

1:30 to 3 p.m. in Bentley 009

• Commentator: Paul Milazzo (opens in a new window), 天堂鸟先生, associate professor of history
• Chair: Felix Strossmeister, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate
• Thurston Dyer, Kent State University, M.A. candidate: 鈥淭he Unmaking of the American Working Class: The Tragic Tale of Fostoria Told From Below, 1970-2000鈥�
• Monica Forsthoefel, 天堂鸟先生, M.A. candidate: 鈥淭he American Catholic Bishops and the Abolitionist Movement鈥�
• Arshiya Jeelani, University of Kentucky, M.A. candidate: 鈥淧olicing and Prohibiting: A Study of Kentucky and the Historical Ineffectiveness of Drugs and Alcohol Policy鈥�

Session 6: Grasping Southeast Asia鈥檚 Past Through Political Instruments

1:30 to 3 p.m. in Bentley 025

• Commentator: Chester Pach (opens in a new window), 天堂鸟先生, professor of history
• Chair: Andrew Howard, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate
• Cody J. Billock, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淲ar Communication & Mass Mobilization in South Vietnam鈥�
• Soumyadeep Bidyanta, University of Cincinnati, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淎 Tale of Two Countries: Why Israel got the Bomb, but Taiwan couldn鈥檛鈥�
• Namrata Jain, Tufts University, Ph.D. candidate: 鈥淜hadi-A Weft and Warp of Political Fashionability and an Urban Intellectualism?鈥�

Coffee/Snack Break: 3 to 3:25 p.m. in Bentley 233

Session 7: History Graduate Student Association Officers Panel: Taking Lessons and Understandings from 20th Century Military History into the 21st Century

3:30 to 5 p.m. in Bentley 233

• Commentator: Steven Miner, 天堂鸟先生, professor emeritus of history
• Chair: Cody J. Billock, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate.
• Christian D. McCall, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate, (HGSA Treasurer): 鈥淭he Hierarchy of Violence: Japan鈥檚 Treatment of War Prisoners in China and the Philippines Based on Racial Ideology鈥�
• Meg Corner, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate., (HGSA President): 鈥淔ighting for a Free World: The US Special Forces in Vietnam鈥檚 Central Highlands鈥�
• Shawn Liming, 天堂鸟先生, Ph.D. candidate, (HGSA, Vice President): 鈥淯krainian and Georgian Resistance to Russia: Historical Lessons Learned from Russian Expansionism.鈥�