FRIDAY, April 19
Location: Bear Down Gym
(Participants/Invited Attendees Only)
4:30 PM: Doors Open
5:00-6:30 PM: Keynote Dinner
“Sidewalk Archives and Doodled Manuscripts: The Importance of Doing History of, with, and by the Public”
Speaker: Dr. Trevor R. Getz, San Francisco State University
7:00-9:00 PM: Game Night!
SATURDAY, April 20
Location: UA Main Library, 2nd Floor
(Open to the Public)
8:30-9:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM-3:00 PM: UA Press Book Exhibit
9:00-10:30 AM: Panels 1-4
“Convictions, Communism, and the Cold War: The Sanctuary Movement in the 1980s”
Felix Brigham, Library & Information Science
“Dirt, Rocks & Shells”
Skylar Fry, Dance & English
“Catch and Release - Police Recording Laws and Chilling Effects on Journalists”
Frances LaBianca, Journalism
“A Study on the Enclave Economy of Chinese Immigrants in Tucson during 1880s-1940s”
Yuechen Pei, History
Chair: Dr. Katie Hemphill
“Leftist Influence on the Construction of the Palestinian Narrative: A Historical Analysis”
Baya Lamaiche, Arabic & Middle Eastern and North African Studies
“The Fight for Recognition: Arabic-speaking Anglicans and the Jerusalem Bishopric, 1947-1949”
Theo Moyse-Peck, Arabic & Middle Eastern and North African Studies
“The Maccabean Revolt: An Assessment of the Relationship Between Religion and History”
Caroline Simning, Art History, History, & Religious Studies
Chair: Andrew Wickersham
“Fighting Businessmen: The Social and Monetary Economy of Mercenaries in Northern Italy (1368-1559)”
Alexander Hukill, History
“Leonardo Da Vinci's Usage of Anatomical Features in Relation to Historical Trends and Artistic Characterization”
Hannah Redman, History & Pre-Med
“From Hildegard to Herbal Remedies: The Role of Mysticism in Providing Agency to Individuals Seeking the Divine”
Carmen Roe, Veterinary Science
Chair: Dr. Beth Plummer
“Roses Across Borders: Tracing the Textual History and Cultural Exchange of Roses between Ming Dynasty China and 18th Century Europe”
Alexis Hsu, Nursing & East Asian Studies
“The History of Nurses in China”
Lauren Hsu, Nursing & East Asian Studies
“Mulan and the History of its Reception”
Marisa Kurowski, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences & ASL
“The China Study: Three Decades of Transnational Research”
Christina Marikos, Global Studies
Chair: Dr. Fabio Lanza
10:45 AM-12:15 PM: Panels 5-8
“Iconoclasm throughout the Centuries: The Byzantine Empire”
Monica Andrino, Art History
“Impressionism, Photography, and Brain Science”
Madi Rawls, Undecided
“Leonard Bernstein and Social Activism”
Ivanna Zuniga, Biochemistry & Music Performance
Chair: Dr. Susan Crane
“The Leo Frank Case: Leo Frank and Jim Conley in the Media”
Madeline Boose, History & Global Studies
“‘Cherry Bomb’: The Role of Female Rage in Amplifying Feminism and Reproductive Rights”
Melissa Hamann, Information Science & History
“Oppressive Waters: Exclusion of White Women and African Americans in Recreational and Competitive Swimming”
Samantha Storey, History
"Of Camptowns and Salons: Impacts of the Pacific Theatre on the Oversexualization of Asian Women Today"
Riley Williams, Anthropology
Chair: Dr. Michelle Berry
“Cold War Weaponization of the ‘Tatar Yoke’”
Jonathan Gentile, History
“The True Kazakh: The Dombra”
Daniela Gonzalez, Russian, Linguistics, & Spanish
“Crisis in Crimea: Crimean Tatar National Identity at Odds”
Mason Maltbie, Russian, Religious Studies, & Creative Writing
“‘There Are No Tanks, but Hang in There’: How Tank Design and Procurement in the Soviet Union Became a Clown Show”
Tom Poulsen, Russian
Chair: Dr. Albrecht Classen
“Unveiling the Kuril Islands Debate: Exploring Geopolitics, National Identity and Projection of Power”
Shyla Barton, East Asian Studies & Chinese
“The Evolution of Fascism in Japan: An Analysis of Pre-Post War Japan”
MicahPaul Sherman, Japanese & Law
“The South Korean Democratization Movement in the Shadow of the 1988 Summer Olympics”
Lindsay Wilmarth, East Asian Studies & Information Science
Chair: Dr. Albert Welter
12:30-1:30 PM: Lunch
1:30-3:00 PM: Panels 9-12
“Art to Armor: Creating a Playable Medieval Tournament Game”
Aurora Levy, Anthropology, Art History, & History
“The Icarus Effect: The Trials of Joan of Arc”
Megan McPherson, History
“Reconstructing a Tudor Gown”
Bridget Phipps, History
“Gurney at the Tourney”
Makenna Schouten, Biochemistry, Physiology, & Medical Sciences
Chair: Dr. Paul Milliman
“Human Rights and Democratization: United States Foreign Policy Toward Nicaragua in 1978-1983”
Nicholas Garcia, Environmental Science & History
“Complicity and Authorization: The Role of the U.S. Government in the Assassination Attempts of Fidel Castro”
Jazlyn Madrid Sanchez, History
“The How, What, and Why We Document History Matters”
Kaitlyn Stanbary, History & Adolescents, Community and Education
“Selling Opposition: The United States' Public and Private Reasons for Opposing Fidel Castro”
Belen Urreiztieta, History
Chair: Angela Corsa
“Borah Victorious: Putting the “L” in the League of Nation”
Daisy O'Sullivan, Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law & History
“Civil War Commanders' Correspondence: Debunking the Lost Cause Narrative Through Voices from the Battlefield”
Jared Jewell, English & History
“The First Gulf War and US Foreign Policy”
Thomas Logan, History & Law
Chair: Dr. Adam Donaldson
"When the River Runs Green: The Intersection Between Tribal Sovereignty, Economy, and Environmental Stewardship”
Alyssa Wood, History, Education (ACE), Southwest Studies & Business Administration
“Similarities Of Cultural Erasure Between The Ainu And Native Americans”
Tyler Mascarenas, East Asian Studies & Creative Writing
“Coordination in Tohono O'odham: A Diachronic and Synchronic Perspective”
Enrico Higginbotham, Philosophy & Linguistics
Chair: Dr. Katherine Morrissey
3:00-3:15PM: Symposium Close & Book/Game Raffle!
Questions? Contact:
Dr. David Pietz
dpietz@arizona.edu
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