This project aimed to provide a deeper understanding of how Native American soldiers of the First World War were perceived by the world around them. Primary source materials, ranging from military reports, government publications, newspapers, and were compiled utilizing both physical and digital archives; they were then analyzed with the intent of better understanding how […]
C41: Inquires into Natural History and Colonial Persistence
Many natural history institutions built their collections by taking scientific specimens while on colonial expeditions, and the implementation of human culture or specimens rarely took consent of the parties involved into account. On a study abroad trip to London, England in January of 2024, I examined a few examples of colonial expeditions, racist rhetoric, and […]
C42: Retranslating History: Translating the Biography of General Liu Chi-Min
This project aimed to use information from interviews with the original author (Mouchu Cheng) to contextualize the poor translation and rewrite it. Since some of the chapters focused on too many technical details to be feasible for a one-year project, we focused on translating the chapters in the book that detail Liu Chi-Min’s life rather […]
B56: An Exploration of Benelux Consumer Behavior as a Unique Product of Liminal and Cross-Border Interactions
The countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, commonly known as the Benelux region, benefit from the economic and consumer bridges facilitated by the European Union, Schengen Agreement, and a shared currency (the euro). Understanding the history of this region through historian Tony Judt’s Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 provides the necessary context […]
A30: Everything But Carry a Rifle: The Members of the Women’s Army Corps and their Relationship to Guns During World War II
In 1942, the United States government Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) was created to help alleviate expected manpower shortages for World War II. Converted to the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) and officially made Army in 1943, the WACs performed duties across the United States and overseas in the Pacific, European, and Mediterranean theaters throughout the […]
B11-T: The Gendered Experience of French Women Following the Nazi Occupation, 1944-1945
My historical research aims to achieve an understanding on how U.S. soldiers in France depicted French women in their weekly periodicals, printed during a period in which thousands of women faced shame and hair sheering, following the country’s liberation on August 25th, 1944 from Nazi Germany. My research, therefore, attempts to answer this main question: […]
B50: Skin in the Game: The Social and Economic Pressures of Prostitution in the Early American Republic
Why did women become prostitutes during the Early American Republic? A lot of work has been done on prostitution during the mid-nineteenth century, but not enough has looked at the sex trade during the nation’s founding and early-nineteenth century. This paper looks at the social and economic pressures faced by women that made them turn […]