FRIDAY, April 25
Location: Bear Down Gym
(Participants/Invited Attendees Only)
4:30 PM: Doors Open
5:00-6:30 PM: Keynote Dinner
"Adventures in the Archives—and Beyond"
Speaker: Dr. Megan Kate Nelson, 2024–2025 Rogers Distinguished Fellow in 19th-Century American History at the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA)
7:00-9:00 PM: Game Night!
SATURDAY, April 26
Location: UA Main Library, 2nd Floor
(Open to the Public)
8:30-9:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM-5:00 PM: UA Press Book Exhibit
9:00-10:30 AM: Session 1
"Getting Boozy: Alcohol and Booze in the Global Middle Ages"
Naomi Heit, History
"Roman Food and the People: The Opulent and The Common"
Milan Riha, Engineering
"Bread: An Exploration of Ingredients, Technology, and Techniques in the Global Middle Ages"
Lauren Redman, Information Science & eSociety
"The Remaking of Corn"
Daniel Herrera, Latin American Studies
Chair: Dr. Benjamin Lawrance
"The Contagious Curse: Mass Hysteria's Place in History and the Modern Day"
Abigail Marsters, Psychological Sciences
"The Witch’s Curse: Unraveling Gendered Power and Social Control in Historical Witch Hunts"
Mina Khatibi Noori, Political Science
"Fear And Power: Examining The Crucible and Mao’s China"
Reese Wick, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Chair: Dr. Patrick Baliani
"Six Days of Spring: The 1992 Los Angeles Uprising as America's 'First Multiethnic Riot'"
Daniel Cervantes, History
"Mentha Morrison, Her Pleas, and the U.S. President"
Stacy Lewis, History
"The Pro-Leopoldian Narrative"
Matthew Lee, History
Chair: Dr. Katie Hemphill
10:45 AM-12:15 PM: Session 2
"Gérôme’s Cleopatra: A Study in Historical Accuracy"
Isabella Warfield, History
"Performed Labour: Tracing Wifehood through Hendrick Goltzius"
Grace Waldrip, Art History & Creative Writing (Classics minor)
"The Magic Chessboard Adventure: A Journey Through Chess in the Middle Ages"
Liora Wilkins, Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Dr. Ute Lotz-Heumann
"From Jazz, Gospel, and Rhythm and Blues to Rock and Roll: How African American Music Was Fundamental to Rock and Roll"
Will Martin, Anthropology & History
"Changing Gender Dynamics in Mexican Popular Music"
Alison Kafton, Arts in Music
Including Panel Chair Remarks on Personal Scholarship
Chair: Dr. Liliana Toledo Guzman
"Chigo, Entertainment, and Government in Edo Japan"
Elizabeth Watson, Interdisciplinary Studies
"A Study on Intergenerational Trauma and History: Korean Han"
Cymone Van Marter, Film and Television & East Asian Studies
"Kibyōshi: Crafting the Cultural Memory of Edo"
Fiona Edwards, Linguistics & East Asian Studies
"’Emperor-ism’ in Bakumatsu Japan"
Alexander Pena, History & Computer Science
Chair: Dr. Fabio Lanza
"Interacting with Disease in Tokugawa Japan"
Cymbeline Hale, East Asian Studies & Mechanical Engineering
"Mortal Memories"
Madeline Boose, History & Global Studies
"Beyond the Battlefield: The Dark Legacy of Nazi Medical Experiments During the Holocaust"
Hannah Redman, History & Pre-Medicine
"Historical Evolution of Mental Illness: Sherwood Anderson's Pioneering Exploration of Loneliness'"
Lilyana Elaine Sabo, Psychological Sciences & Criminal Justice Studies
Chair: Dr. Ryan Kashanipour
12:30-1:30: Lunch
1:30-3:00 PM: Session 3
"A Silent Rogue Elephant: The Church Committee and Secret NSA Operations 1960-1976"
James Christensen, History
"Clientelism & Corruption: Barriers to Women's Political Advancement in Autocratic Regimes"
Hannah Kempen, Political Science & Physics
"Strategic Interests: NATO and The Russo-Georgian War of 2008"
Braden Hoffman Diaz, History & Psychology
"Stories of Resilience From the Battle of the Bulge"
Elena Parker, History
Chair: Dr. David Gibbs
"The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Foundation for Women's Rights"
Amy Filippone, History
"Coverage of the Sectional Crisis in Richmond Newspapers, 1860-1861"
Nathan Davis, Education Leadership
"The Complex Legacy of Leland Stanford"
William Babbitt, Political Science Major (History minor)
Chair: Dr. Katherine Morrissey
"Rivers, Lakes and Streams: the Waterways of Medieval People's Backyards"
Matthew Lee, History
"Here Be Monsters: An Exploration of People and Water from 700-1600 A.D."
Kat Moore, Anthropology & History
"The Breeds Behind the Hunt"
Rylie Hatcher, History
Chair: Dr. Beth Plummer
"Vitriol in Northern Italy: Gallic Conflicts from 390-61 B.C.E."
Ehren Morrisey, History
"The Fanum Voltumnae"
Amelia Thomas, Classics & Economics
"Three’s a Crowd: Third Places in the Roman Empire During Imperial Rome"
Gemmalee DyerMok, Classics & Anthropology
Chair: Dr. John Bauschatz
3:15-4:45 PM: Session 4
"Medieval Chess Game"
Elizabeth Iiams, PPEL
"Gambling with Fate: Researching Historical Contingencies by Choosing Your Own Adventure"
ILY Guy, Molecular and Cellular Biology
"The Importance of Hunting in Medieval English Aristocracy"
Quinn Kiesow, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
"Playing with Gender Dynamics in the Medieval Hunt"
Clara Leach, History
Chair: Dr. Paul Milliman
"NAGPRA's Legacy: Repatriation in the Era of Decolonization"
Aurora Levy, History
"More is More: The Process of Blending Disciplines and Knowing When to Evolve"
Alyssa Wood, History
"Resilience and Nationalism: The Republic of Haiti"
Chrys Walton, History & French
Chair: Dr. Katherine Morrissey
"The Criminalization of Migrant Aid Groups"
Tillie Douglas, Global Studies
"Is TPS in Danger with New Government Officials in Office"
Angela Valencia Durazo, Mexican American Studies
"Detained Dreams: Immigration Detention and Policy under the Bush, Obama, and Trump Administrations"
Louise Catherine Taylor, Political Science & German studies
Chair: Dr. Erika Perez
"Understanding Urban Renewal: A History of Sears, Segregation, and the American City"
Lucy Parsons, History
"Collegiate Aspirations and the Significance of Cultural Heritage in the University of Arizona APASA Space"
Kieran Lee, East Asian Studies
"The Women of Arizona's Fight for Equality"
Sabrina Bates, History & Literacy Leadership and Innovation
"River Left: Competing Claims to Recreation Management in Western Grand Canyon"
Jonathan Goodman, Geography
Chair: Dr. Michelle Berry
4:45-5:00 PM: Raffle & Symposium Close
Questions? Contact:
Dr. David Pietz
dpietz@arizona.edu
AZ Undergrad History Research Symposium - "Prospecting the Past"
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