When setting out on this research project I wanted to focus on how religion impacted a certain time period in history. Through this guideline I landed on the topic of the period of time that Europe began to transition from the native Pagan religions to Christianity. I also wanted to focus on how this transition […]
A65: The correlation between representation and historically underrepresented groups at a midwest university
There is a growing emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at colleges and universities across the United States. Previous research has corroborated the need and positive benefits of these programs on undergraduate students and their sense of belonging. We conducted a survey of 70 students at Miami University in a scholars program to gather […]
B22: Soldiers of Two Nations – Reactions to Native American military service in the First World War
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 […]
BIII-01: Power in the Myths of Medusa and Persephone: Case-Studies in Classical Reception
Classical Reception is the process by which, “individuals and societies continually reappropriate and redefine classical antiquity in an effort to assert (or, at times, to challenge) continuity with a privileged past,” (Broder 505). It encourages classicists to examine the impacts ancient texts have made on those who have interacted with them and reveals the values […]
CSI-03: Displaced Germans: Exile and Trauma in East Asia (1920s-1940s)
Between the 1920s and the 1940s, many German and Austrian Jews who were escaping persecution from the Holocaust sought refuge in Shanghai, China. While there is extensive research on the impact of the Holocaust in the West, I chose to explore the escape and patterns of migration to East Asia. In Shanghai, China, European Jews […]
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 […]
B03: Dissolving Ethnic Studies: An Archive of Activism and Institutional Responses at Miami University
The creation of ethnic studies departments and curriculum at colleges and universities (e.g., Black Studies, Asian American Studies, Latinx/Chicano/Chicana Studies, Indigenous Studies), arose from the longstanding need for critical analysis and representation. Yet, despite the documented benefits of such programs, higher education institutions have merged and dissolved these programs and limited curricular offerings. To examine […]